Building the new Anderslej

Alan Feb 15, 2013

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    Alan Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    As the layout had not been run for a while the track cleaning train was put in action. The Dapol car has a rotating pad which can be fitted with an abrasive disc or a coarse cloth material. The disc is DCC controlled, then pulled or pushed by a locomotive. The other car, under construction has two Cratex rollers.
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    Factory

    The metal fabrication factory construction was completed today and is ready for painting and detailing.
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    Colonel Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Building looks great how does it look on the layout?
     
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    What colour will it be?

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    I will spray it tomorrow (grey), darker roof and loading bay roof. When installed on the layout I will add details to the loading dock etc. and weather it.

    Need more lorries for this building.

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    Just realised I had not shown pics of the factory since painting.
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    Passing freights

    Two freights pass on the loops at the rear of the layout. MAV (Hungarian) M62 diesel on hoppers and SZ (Slovenian) 541 electric on containers
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    StickyMonk TrainBoard Member

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    Still waiting for the bellows on a rail fan trip ;)
     
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    Looking great. The scenery is looking good too. How about a wide angle shot.
     
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    I like the appearance of that diesel. What amount of horsepower does such a prototype unit produce?
     
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    The M62 is a Russian built design. Well over 3,000 were produced and are about 2000 hp. Many are still in use across several countries, including Hungary as in my model.

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    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Do these ever run in multiples, to increase total horsepower available?
     
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    Seldom see them in two's, but can happen if necessary. There were actually a lot of them built as permanently couples pairs, with no cabs on the inner ends. Known as 2M62.

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    Colonel Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    It's looking great all you need to do is weather your rolling stock
     
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    Alan, your layout is looking really good. Seeing the different Euro-prototypes is neat, too.
     
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    Alan Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    As the layout had not been operated for a while, the first thing to run was the track cleaning car. This has a DCC controlled rotating head also a fluid reservoir to deposit track cleaner on the rail heads through a sponge pad. Does a great job!
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    Really looking good. Nice to see more pictures, keep them coming.
     
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    Colonel Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Alan the layout looks great did you use peco switches?
     
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    Paul, trackage is a mix of Peco code 100 and code 75 (from previous layouts). The turnouts are hand operated using slider switches which also switch the current to the live frogs. I don't use dead frog types.

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