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I was using 48' cars. 53' should be even more of a problem as they
are longer<br>
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Dean<br>
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<div>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.<br>
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<div>Finish that project after my Rock Island GP7's and BL2
representing the glory years on The Rock in 1950/51.</div>
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<div>Tony</div>
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<b>Sent: </b>Saturday, February 7, 2015 9:04:14 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Accrs-ho] Tunnel Portals<br>
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Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lewis2@earthlink.net">lewis2@earthlink.net</a><br>
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I was out at the club yesterday setting up a double stack train that I <br>
have been working on for quite some time. I got a whole string of cars
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set up at Oildale (passenger track, Peter was running on the freight <br>
side), put some power on the front and headed towards the port.<br>
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Coming out of the tunnel, by Grainger, it was noted that there was very
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little clearance between the top of the stacks and the tunnel portal. <br>
Clearance would have been better if I was on the freight side.<br>
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Ran around the back and snagged a wire about a 1/3rd of the way along <br>
Hidden. Fixed that and continued the run under the city. Didn't <br>
check clearance at the other side, but no problems occured..<br>
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1. Problem #1, tunnel portal not tall enough to clear stacks at <br>
Jamestown. Most missed, but one caught. Put the train back together,
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backed it down, switched over to the passenger track and continued up <br>
the layout. Still just barely cleared.<br>
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2. Problem #2. First tunnel entering summit seemed ok. Middle
tunnels <br>
seemed ok. Tunnel exiting Summit not ok on either end. Something <br>
caught, midway, and string lined half the train. Front half was <br>
catching on bridge or just barely clearing.<br>
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3. Problem #3. Tunnel exiting the helix just barely clears. That was
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as far as we got with the train. By then, most cars were off the
layout <br>
and back in boxes.<br>
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We need some serious tunnel work if we want to run stack cars, and I <br>
think we should do it.<br>
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Jere ran stacks on the Sunday of the train show and it appeared they <br>
made it around without problems. Go figure.<br>
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Dean<br>
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