Re: Norris Yard in service!!!!

Yes, there is a 1/8 inch rise at the foot of the yard. Most cars will roll
about 2/3ds of the way.

Video will have to wait till after next week. I am going on vacation, and
when I get back I am hosting my former club for an op session at my current
club and then a cookout at my house. No, sorry, only GVRR and KMRHS members
are invited this time. Maybe in '07 if you come to the Detroit convention
and head west after it I will have an open houe for it.

As for acceleration, my cars don't need it. I am probably going to put some
clear stiff toothbrush bristles between the ties about half way down the
yard to slow the fast cars and not affect the slower ones.

Thanks for all the positive feedback.

"Jim Stewart" <stewart@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Arizona Rock & Mineral Co." <azrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> More folks should build a hump yard like you did. I did this with a three
>> inch drop but with five tracks twelve feet long.Only a few cars coasting
>> into the first track will make it to the end. The more turnouts the car
>> goes
>> through, the shorter the rolling distance. For this problem, I feel that
>> there should be a means for accelerating them ( angled air tubes) would
>> work
>> best rather than retarders for the long rollers. The short rollers must
>> be
>> physically moved to the end of the tracks and the long rollers stopped by
>> hand to prevent smashing into standing cars.I may never automate the hump
>> yard because it is fun to run it just as it is. Call it a test area as
>> many
>> other factors control the rolling ability of cars like; quality of
>> trucks,
>> maintenance, car weight, lubrication and so forth. When all of these
>> needs
>> are satisfied, then work on automation if you must.
>>
>> --
>> Phil Anderson
>> Up hill slow, down hill fast, tonnage first, safety last.
>> "Frank Rosenbaum" <farosenbaum1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> !FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
>>> July 27, 2005
>>>
>>> The Far Seas Connecting Railroad proudly announces the grand opening of
>> it's
>>> new Norris Yard. The yard is a 7 track hump yard with a half inch drop
>> from
>>> the high point to the bottom of the bowl and a quarter inch rise at the
>>> foot. There are no retarders in place just yet, but only two cars have
>>> rolled the eight feet and out the other end. So far, there are no
>>> outside
>>> connections to the yard. The yard switches are controlled by Digitrax
>> DS54's
>>> wired to pushbuttons on panels at each end. The hump is at the north end
>> of
>>> the yard and the tail track is around the proposed helix, while the
>>> other
>>> end curves east towards the proposed Lake Port of Michelle's Lee.
>>>
>>> The management of the FSC are business men/railfans who purchase used
>> older
>>> equipment and repaint them back to original color schemes that they wore
>> as
>>> new, independent of its original railroad. (So an ex NYC RS3 might up in
>>> Lackawanna colors).
>>>
>>> The Far Seas Connecting Railroad, your bridge line from here to there
>>> and
>>> everywhere else.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> Have you tried making the end of the yard go uphill? It should be enough
> to
> slow down the faster cars. It is easier than working so all cars go the
> same distance.
>
> Jim Stewart
>


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