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Magnetic Train Brake

Sun, 2019-07-14 23:09 — NeilEr

The post about magnets used for greater traction got me thinking about a train brake using a magnet under a freight car to pull up a rod. I was surprised how well this worked as the test track held the car at about a 45 degree angle without letting go. Sliding the car away from the pin releases the "brake". I doubt that one car could hold a whole train but I'll add a couple cars and see how well it holds at a normal grade of 2%-3%.

Screw sizes

Sun, 2019-07-14 15:34 — oldline1

What is the size of the screws used in most brass imports for mounting the couplers?

Thanks,

oldline1

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Bachmann 44/70 Ton GE Cracked Gears - My Fix

Sun, 2019-07-14 14:30 — BklynXPat

Don't know if this has been covered before, but here goes.....

Colorado Front Range Railroad - How to customize photo backdrops July 2019

Sun, 2019-07-07 16:25 — mikedeverell

Have you ever wanted to customize a Photo that you had for a backdrop. I show you one way using LARC Product, Photo backdrop to create a backdrop by combining two of the backdrops in to one. This can be used with your own photos or the LARC Product. Here are the links to the two products that I used but this should get you thinking what you can do for your railroad.

Mike

LARCProducts http://larcproducts.com/

Affinity Photo https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/