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Greg, your little railway has come on brilliantly. I love it. The little wagon you have made is brilliant too. I guess they maybe a little bit shorter than normal are they?

Given the drop in temperatures here this week, an indoor railway is b coming increasingly more attractive ....

Rik

ge_rik wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 6:37 pm Given the drop in temperatures here this week, an indoor railway is b coming increasingly more attractive ....

Rik

In the sun room corner as discussed when I visited.

FWLR wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 7:46 am Greg, your little railway has come on brilliantly. I love it. The little wagon you have made is brilliant too. I guess they maybe a little bit shorter than normal are they?

Very observant Rod.
My original idea was to use existing, shortest 4-wheel wagons from the outdoor - they are 200mm long. And I designed the siding lengths to fit 3 of these. So the max train length was 3 wagons+loco.

Then I started to build a few new wagons and decided I could make them 150mm long (75mm axle spacing) and have 4 wagon trains. This gives a bit more scope in shunting to make up trains. Evolution!

gregh wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2024 8:07 pm

FWLR wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 7:46 am Greg, your little railway has come on brilliantly. I love it. The little wagon you have made is brilliant too. I guess they maybe a little bit shorter than normal are they?

Very observant Rod.
My original idea was to use existing, shortest 4-wheel wagons from the outdoor - they are 200mm long. And I designed the siding lengths to fit 3 of these. So the max train length was 3 wagons+loco.

Then I started to build a few new wagons and decided I could make them 150mm long (75mm axle spacing) and have 4 wagon trains. This gives a bit more scope in shunting to make up trains. Evolution!

That’s roughly what the dimensions are for my wagons that I 3d print, mainly because the printer I have only as a 150mm square bed. Still there good enough for me

Way back around 1998 I built a model of a Sydney steam tram and a few years later I fitted my then "new" radio control using keyfob transmitters. But a few years ago it developed RC problems and " failed to proceed".
Recently I found the same keyfob Tx + Rx for a whole USD2.00 = 3 aussie dollars on Alibaba. I had paid $12, 20 years ago!
So I ordered 4 and installed one in the tram today.
Now I can use the tram on the indoor Pottsville line. So here are 3 pics.

A great addition to the line, Greg.

Rik

Nice looking tram Greg. Some interesting curves on the bodywork.

And here is a short video

That’s looking fantastic Gregh