[Accrs-ho] Tunnel Portals

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I was using 48' cars.   53' should be even more of a problem as they are 
longer

Dean


On 2/10/2015 8:55 AM, ACCRS HO Scale wrote:
> Message From:   long.tony at comcast.net
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> I got most of the pieces for the CSX Train of Tomorrow - GEVO AC4400 
> with Kato 53' cars.  I think these have larger than 36" wheels so I'm 
> curious if these will have problems too.
> Finish that project after my Rock Island GP7's and BL2 representing 
> the glory years on The Rock in 1950/51.
> Tony
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> *From: *"ACCRS HO Scale" <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>
> *To: *"ACCRS - HO" <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>
> *Sent: *Saturday, February 7, 2015 9:04:14 PM
> *Subject: *[Accrs-ho] Tunnel Portals
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> Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis  lewis2 at earthlink.net
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> Members,
>
> I was out at the club yesterday setting up a double stack train that I
> have been working on for quite some time.  I got a whole string of cars
> set up at Oildale (passenger track, Peter was running on the freight
> side), put some power on the front and headed towards the port.
>
> Coming out of the tunnel, by Grainger, it was noted that there was very
> little clearance between the top of the stacks and the tunnel portal.
> Clearance would have been better if I was on the freight side.
>
> Ran around the back and snagged a wire about a 1/3rd of the way along
> Hidden.   Fixed that and continued the run under the city.   Didn't
> check clearance at the other side, but no problems occured..
>
> 1. Problem #1, tunnel portal not tall enough to clear stacks at
> Jamestown.  Most missed, but one caught.   Put the train back together,
> backed it down, switched over to the passenger track and continued up
> the layout.   Still just barely cleared.
>
> 2. Problem #2.   First tunnel entering summit seemed ok.  Middle tunnels
> seemed ok.   Tunnel exiting Summit not ok on either end.  Something
> caught, midway, and string lined half the train.   Front half was
> catching on bridge or just barely clearing.
>
> 3.  Problem #3.  Tunnel exiting the helix just barely clears.  That was
> as far as we got with the train.  By then, most cars were off the layout
> and back in boxes.
>
> We need some serious tunnel work if we want to run stack cars, and  I
> think we should do it.
>
> Jere ran stacks on the Sunday of the train show and it appeared they
> made it around without problems.  Go figure.
>
> Dean
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