A few minutes of video showing what would have not been all that unusual at the CNJ Bronx Terminal. 13 cars being pushed through a series of curved #2.5 three way turnouts that wrap around the perimeter of a round freight house. Its a bit mesmerizing to watch…
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Enjoy!
That was pretty cool! Reminds me of a Texas A & M joke. How do you drive an Aggie to insanity? Put him in a round room and tell him to go sit in the corner…[:D] chuck
Really cool video. That little boxcab can sure push a string of cars around.
What’s the diameter of the freight house? Is it circular, or just slightly oval? It’s such a unique structure that I’m really glad you’ve chosen to model it in all its glory with the intricate trackwork around it.
Tim,
I Believe I had the pleasure of meeting you and seeing the Bronx Terminal last November at the Toronto Train Show? I was there for the NFR Board Meeting.
Very, very, impressive!!! Great to see it in action!
BTW, I will be ordering some FastTracks jigs in the next week or so. Doing some scratch building of turnouts for the NMRA Civil Certificate…
Tim, good lord I’d to be on that switch crew! thanks for the video!
I’ve seen this in person and it is just amazing. Every bit of it is hand laid.
Can you make it go fast?[:D]
Tim
Nice video. The work is coming along very nicely. I just watched the video you put up some time ago on the teardown at home to, I guess, take it to a show. I was impressed with the modular construction but was a bit puzzled when I saw you put the “pile” of trackwork in the back of the van loose. After seeing the great care you put into packing everything else I would have at least expected a box for the trackwork as well. Speaking of track, how do you keep it mounted on the layout and keep it from coming apart?
Dan
That series of videos was shot last spring, and since then the trackwork has all been installed in place permanently.
For a couple years, I moved the layout and track around just like you saw it, in a big pile. Didn’t seem to have any issues with it. Its been my experience that some things are best not moved into and out of boxes, that is usually where most of the damage happens. Simply letting it sit somewhere there is less chance of it getting snagged on something.
Here is a video showing the trackwork getting glued permanently in place…
I just wanna know how those poor trucks get outta there without being squished flat !?!?
[:P]
John
Hi Tim. I had the pleasure of meeting you during the 2008 NMRA Anahiem show. Your contibutions to the hobby have revolutionized how we view trackwork / operations. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, I agree. It looks like an old MEC boxcab, but runs a lot better. I have one of them and a Climax which has the same mechanism: they could never run like that. Did you put a whole new mechanism under it or do a remotoring?
Some of those moves are things I would never have thought of.
Its actually an old (very old, mid 1950’s) Japanese brass import by Astro-Craft. It was very heavily re-worked with a NWSL power truck and additional pickups added. Extra weight and a custom paint job.
Sound and control is provided by a QSI Revolution decoder with a High-Bass speaker installed by Lew White of Tony’s Trains.
More detail on the loco rebuild here…
http://www.bronx-terminal.com/?cat=20&paged=3
http://www.bronx-terminal.com/?p=1560
Video of Lew working on the install at the NMRA Convention in Hartford last summer…
http://www.bronx-terminal.com/?p=3605
around the 5 min. mark.