Phantom, Your post did arrive twice. I deleted the second one for you. Thanks for finding the tie bumper/stop. I knew there still had to be one somewhere. Where there were no electrical consideration, laying a piece of rail across the tracks was also used. Your modeling idea is excellent.
Hi all, Sorry it took me so long to get back on this but as I said in my earlier post, there is a company that makes Hayes wheel stops for HO scale and N scale. The add is on page 132 of the october Model Railroader. The company that makes them is: Tomar Industries 9520 E. Napier Avenue Benton Harbor, MI 49022 Email:tomarup@juno.com I have not seen the actual product and can not vouch for the company but after browsing throught this topic I would like to try some of these wheel stops on my layout. This was the only company I have seen advertising anything close. I hope that this helps somebody. Hapyy Railroading! Russ Hoffman Valley RR My New York and Atlantic Ry. Site
This thread has now been repaired. The links to my pictures are again good. [ 03 February 2002, 03:11: Message edited by: Peirce ]
Johnny Trains sent a print of this to me to scan and post for him. He writes this about it. "Here's a "bumper" located in Piqua, Ohio, on a small siding. If the dirt doesn't stop the train, the trees will!" This is the first time I have seen a bumper with a back-up system. [ 06. June 2003, 05:22: Message edited by: Peirce ]
Peirce, Thanks for posting my picture! There is a derail on the other end. Those trains come 50 miles an hour on the mainline through Piqua right next to that siding! No accidents are needed with a large mall, not seen in the photo, right alongside the main, and the white building that's just visable on the right is a rather large motel! Also, there is a trestle over RT 36 just a few hundred feet past the siding. About half a dozen covered hoppers are stored on the siding and small plastic pellets are unloaded by a vacuum (on a trailer), into large tanker-like trucks. It takes about 4 trucks to unload one car. The products I am told come from Texas and Southern area States. The funny thing is much of the stenciling on the cars is in English and French. I will have to look at the reporting marks and post them on TB because I'm thinking it's a Canadian leasing company. Once in a while the reporting marks are in Spanish too! Thanks again to Peirce for posting that one!
Here is another one from Johnny Trains--a heavy-duty bumper for NJT light rail. This one looks like it is ready for a GG-1. JT found this in Hoboken.
I use these cast metal wheel stops and paint them yellow like the prototype and then glue them to the track:
Johnny Trains found another interesting bumper. This was found in Rome. JT will have more details for you.
Here are some imagineered bumpers on my N scale layout. I had some extra ties lying around, so I made these. They seem okay, but no specific prototype, AFAIK. Actually, they seem too large as I look at some of the prototypes in the thread. Here are the small wheel stop types. They are just triangular bits if brass soldered to the rails. They will stop an N scale train, no problem! Probably the same for other scales as they are much more sturdy for their size than the prototype, and the cars are proportionally much lighter. These latter stops are somewhat of a hazard on the layout. If you look at the tips, they are sharp and thin. Unlike cast metal ones, they do not bend over when you strike them with your arm or elbow. I have had one pretty bad cut from these.
Hey, Flash! Those are neat! I think my "Roman Bumper" was the very first shot I took when we got off the plane! It was taken at the station, FIUMICINO AREOPORTO! 2/10/2000 Ciao!
Did I tell you I got in trouble at the airport? I saw a guy I know and yelled.......... "HI, JACK!" *drumroll*
Sequoia Scale products makes nice wheel stops. We have several dozen of them on our HO modular layout. They look nice and work well (if they're glued on solidly enough!!) We paint them bright "safety" orange, but yellow as described in a previous post would work too; it depends on your prototype (or preference if you're freelancing). Sorry, I don't have any pictures, but Walthers website has drawings of them. They are made in HO, O, and N scales, parts no. 2005, 2007, and 2008 respectively. Walthers shows them out of stock, but I wouldn't think it would be too hard to find some.
Still another one from Johnny Trains. He must have the largest collection of bumper pictures of anybody.
