Did engine and car manufacturers offset handrails and grabirons from sides or ends a standard number of inches? I’m about to detail eight Stewart F units and three or four transition era cabooses and would like to make appropriate spacers to use for their installation.
Thanks, folks.
John
Gidday John, regarding the F units, I’ve referenced these drawings…
http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=ef-3-a.gif&sel=die&sz=lg&fr=
http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=ef-4-a_after1950.gif&sel=die&sz=lg&fr=
….and I, for one, aren’t going to visit with my feeler gauge to see whether you’ve used 4 7/16” or 5”, or, for that matter, how accurately you applied those measurements.
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]
And a Howdy-doo to you, Bear!
Thanks. This will do nicely!
BTW (on
176.23 E
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Yup. 173.10 E; Attu Island, Fall of 2000. Last of my brother’s birding tours there. Magical place. An occasional airman’s nightmare. You would have found the old WWII Army airdrome at Alexai Point interesting. No buildings any longer, just rusting Marston Mat and 10’ wide channels excavated across the old runways to discourage intrepid avaitors in subsequent years.
John
Way back in my younger days. When I was into super detailing locos and rolling stock. I would make templates out of .025 styrene or cardboard spacers. That’s .635 mm for the 63/64 of the rest of the world. For ladders I would draw lines square across and tape the ends of the template to the shell. Then I could drill the holes each side of the line. After glueing the grabs on it was simple enough to pull the shim out. The .025 looks like a good size for an HO scale hand even though the .10 brass wire is too thick for a grab iron.
Pete.
As we used to say, it’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from there!
Rick Jesionowski
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Ah, yes. An aphorism well known to all Attuvians. It is instructive to discover how much the few folks that have been there will pay to return - if transportation (and accommodations) are available.
The exception to this were most of the Coasties that were assigned to the LORAN station there. My understanding was that it was a one-year stint, and being that it drew hardship pay because it was so remote, one could generally get his choice for his next duty station.
If, however, you were a Coastie that loved fishing and the outdoors, it was hog heaven. Dolly Varden trout and salmon in the streams, humongous halibut from Casco Cove and all. But the winters could be tough. And the williwaws . . .
John
There is a standard for safety appliances.
eCFR :: 49 CFR Part 231 – Railroad SAFETY Appliance Standards
Jeff
Thanks, Jeff. This is a real jackpot. I’m hardly a rivet-counter, but this would satisfy them nicely.
John
