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"Broad Gauge" modeling
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Dean Smith
I've been dabbling in a bit of "broad gauge" modeling recently by building a Funaro and Camerlengo resin kit of a Southern Railway caboose. Engine 5 prepares to add Caboose X2714 to the east end of the standard gauge westbound local on June 11, 1925. I still have several more standard gauge cars to add to my fleet, but having the caboose done is a big step. Dual gauge operation adds a whole new dimension to the action at Johnson City.
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Tom Grabenstein
A nice looking addition to the action in Johnson City Tennessee. Thanks for sharing. Dr Tom
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William Uffelman
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Dean Smith
Yes. I use Kadee #714 couplers on all of my standard gauge cars and mount
them at narrow gauge height. Fortunately, there is no need for swivel
couplers on the locomotives like the ones on the prototype. While it is
physically possible to do so, I don’t allow pulling standard gauge cars with
narrow gauge cars or vice versa, since the couplers wouldn’t really line up. A
locomotive is required. However, I do allow pushing cars since they could
be poled, although the practice is discouraged. One of the Johnson City
Yard Master’s morning responsibilities it to gather all SG cars in the yard and
block them onto a siding. Usually in the early afternoon, a Southern
Railway local freight arrives, drops off one cut of cars and picks up the
other. The Yard Master then switches the new cars to the appropriate
sidings based on a switch list. All this in addition to the narrow gauge
switching. I’m able to keep two operators busy at Johnson City throughout a
session.
Looks
good. Is your layout set up that a NG loco can tack cars onto a SG train?
Bill Uffelman
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William Uffelman
That's cool. Irony is that ETWNC mounted their NG couplers at SG height as I recall. Either way NG RULES! Bill Uffelman
On Friday, June 12, 2020, 09:52:37 AM EDT, Dean Smith <smithfive@...> wrote:
Yes. I use Kadee #714 couplers on all of my standard gauge cars and mount
them at narrow gauge height. Fortunately, there is no need for swivel
couplers on the locomotives like the ones on the prototype. While it is
physically possible to do so, I don’t allow pulling standard gauge cars with
narrow gauge cars or vice versa, since the couplers wouldn’t really line up. A
locomotive is required. However, I do allow pushing cars since they could
be poled, although the practice is discouraged. One of the Johnson City
Yard Master’s morning responsibilities it to gather all SG cars in the yard and
block them onto a siding. Usually in the early afternoon, a Southern
Railway local freight arrives, drops off one cut of cars and picks up the
other. The Yard Master then switches the new cars to the appropriate
sidings based on a switch list. All this in addition to the narrow gauge
switching. I’m able to keep two operators busy at Johnson City throughout a
session.
Looks
good. Is your layout set up that a NG loco can tack cars onto a SG train?
Bill Uffelman
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Dean Smith
I know. I had to decide early on if I wanted to modify a fleet of
narrow gauge locomotives and cars to SG standards, or one SG locomotive and a
dozen or so cars to narrow gauge standards. It wasn’t a hard
decision!
Dean
That's cool. Irony is that ETWNC mounted their NG couplers
at SG height as I recall. Either way NG RULES!
Bill Uffelman
On Friday, June 12, 2020, 09:52:37 AM EDT, Dean Smith
<smithfive@...> wrote:
Yes. I use Kadee #714 couplers on all of my standard gauge cars and mount
them at narrow gauge height. Fortunately, there is no need for swivel
couplers on the locomotives like the ones on the prototype. While it is
physically possible to do so, I don’t allow pulling standard gauge cars with
narrow gauge cars or vice versa, since the couplers wouldn’t really line up. A
locomotive is required. However, I do allow pushing cars since they could
be poled, although the practice is discouraged. One of the Johnson City
Yard Master’s morning responsibilities it to gather all SG cars in the yard and
block them onto a siding. Usually in the early afternoon, a Southern
Railway local freight arrives, drops off one cut of cars and picks up the
other. The Yard Master then switches the new cars to the appropriate
sidings based on a switch list. All this in addition to the narrow gauge
switching. I’m able to keep two operators busy at Johnson City throughout a
session.
Looks
good. Is your layout set up that a NG loco can tack cars onto a SG train?
Bill
Uffelman
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William Uffelman
Good choice! Bill Uffelman
On Friday, June 12, 2020, 11:59:40 AM EDT, Dean Smith <smithfive@...> wrote:
I know. I had to decide early on if I wanted to modify a fleet of
narrow gauge locomotives and cars to SG standards, or one SG locomotive and a
dozen or so cars to narrow gauge standards. It wasn’t a hard
decision!
Dean
That's cool. Irony is that ETWNC mounted their NG couplers
at SG height as I recall. Either way NG RULES!
Bill Uffelman
On Friday, June 12, 2020, 09:52:37 AM EDT, Dean Smith
<smithfive@...> wrote:
Yes. I use Kadee #714 couplers on all of my standard gauge cars and mount
them at narrow gauge height. Fortunately, there is no need for swivel
couplers on the locomotives like the ones on the prototype. While it is
physically possible to do so, I don’t allow pulling standard gauge cars with
narrow gauge cars or vice versa, since the couplers wouldn’t really line up. A
locomotive is required. However, I do allow pushing cars since they could
be poled, although the practice is discouraged. One of the Johnson City
Yard Master’s morning responsibilities it to gather all SG cars in the yard and
block them onto a siding. Usually in the early afternoon, a Southern
Railway local freight arrives, drops off one cut of cars and picks up the
other. The Yard Master then switches the new cars to the appropriate
sidings based on a switch list. All this in addition to the narrow gauge
switching. I’m able to keep two operators busy at Johnson City throughout a
session.
Looks
good. Is your layout set up that a NG loco can tack cars onto a SG train?
Bill
Uffelman
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