jhz563 posted:“I put the shell on an myth ps2 and run it that way.”
Sounds neat George. Send some pictures some time, I’d love to see what you did and hear how you married the two together.
Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:jhz563 posted:“I put the shell on an myth ps2 and run it that way.”
Sounds neat George. Send some pictures some time, I’d love to see what you did and hear how you married the two together.
Thanks for posting Steve. Love your layout!
Greg J. Turinetti posted:Jim,
Do you have any of the 1/2 straights? They fall in the "difficult to find" category too.
Somewhere I have a full box of the #601 full straights. When I bought them it was the first time that I knew what their number was. I wish they had produced a crossover too.
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
I might have one at the most I will look tonight.
Jim O'C posted:Greg J. Turinetti posted:Jim,
Do you have any of the 1/2 straights? They fall in the "difficult to find" category too.
Somewhere I have a full box of the #601 full straights. When I bought them it was the first time that I knew what their number was. I wish they had produced a crossover too.
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
I might have one at the most I will look tonight.
I hope this is not a stupid question, but do you really need a full loop? In other words, can't you just add a few pieces in a few different spots on the layout where you need the 4th rail to activate features like the whistle? You can power the forth rail in those spots independently. Maybe the rail would need a little ramp to not catch the activation shoe.
George
Greg J. Turinetti posted:terry hudon posted:found this gem with some 4 rail track ,great find,if anyone wants a copy hit me up,anyway I believe that the controller is the one they refer to,anyone know what kind of lockons they used with this ?,looking at the paper,i have this button also,maybe its the (top pix look like a door bell,
terry
Terry,
I would like to take you up on your offer of a copy of the directions. The door bell button is the same one that they use for the pre war whistling billboard, so my guess is that is the one used for the 4 rail track. The whistle got moved from the tender or car into the billboard. The other controller is from the AC Gilbert era, after the 4 rail track was discontinued. I believe that some of the 4 rail curve tracks actually have an eyelet or a clip attached to them where the wire is attached - no additional lock on necessary. I will have to go looking in my photo archive, or I will have to dig out my 4 rail track.
Great find! And Good Luck with your remodel. We will expect voluminous amounts of photos as you make progress.
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
EDIT
I knew I had photos of the curve track with the clip. Seek and ye shall find.
Someday I will have a loop of this track setup to demonstrate how Flyer got its whistle.
Greg
PS
Did you know that they made 3 rail track with this masonite base for a short time too?
greg ,thanks, I checked all my 4 rail curves,,,30 of them,,,only one has the lockon but I guess that's all ya need !
terry hudon posted:its been 9 years since I did an major layout renovation,so I have decided to move the standard outside loop to the the inside where the o line is and move the o to the outside,and with luck add another loop of o,i think it will look better with the standard closer together,
making some progress, new inside figure 8 in standard gauge all wired 
