Aloha, Steve!
You are a bold man building on that geography! I get nervous when my trains get near the 18" boundary wall of the garden!
Eric
Welcome Aboard !
Eric (and all),
I learned a long while ago not to fret when cosmetic damage occurs to an engine or car. I run them in a rugged environment and expect some damage. Not gonna let that get in the way of having fun.
As long as I don’t send a loco and 30 car consist 50’ down a hillside all is good.
I live at 8600’ about 20 miles down the east side of the Continental Divide and the winters up here are BRUTAL!!! So that also means I have to build structures with only one thing in mind: strength and durability (ok, that’s two things…). The Lucin Trestle is a good example.
Not really close to prototype, but it should last as long as I do!
Steve
I learned to not worry about trains falling off the RR, by being a maintenance nut with my bridges and trackwork on edges of walls and all. 
Bob McCown said:
I learned to not worry about trains falling off the RR, by being a maintenance nut with my bridges and trackwork on edges of walls and all.
Then he started having operation sessions…
Sean McGillicuddy said:
Bob McCown said:
I learned to not worry about trains falling off the RR, by being a maintenance nut with my bridges and trackwork on edges of walls and all.
Then he started having operation sessions…
And placing bricks on the track…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Ken Brunt said:
Sean McGillicuddy said:
Bob McCown said:
I learned to not worry about trains falling off the RR, by being a maintenance nut with my bridges and trackwork on edges of walls and all.
Then he started having operation sessions…
And placing bricks on the track…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
As far as I can tell, this season he’s just pulled his track up… (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Cliff Jennings said:
Ken Brunt said:
Sean McGillicuddy said:
Bob McCown said:
I learned to not worry about trains falling off the RR, by being a maintenance nut with my bridges and trackwork on edges of walls and all.
Then he started having operation sessions…
And placing bricks on the track…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
As far as I can tell, this season he’s just pulled his track up… (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Cliff some people work fast (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Steve said:
Eric (and all),
I learned a long while ago not to fret when cosmetic damage occurs to an engine or car.
I run them in a rugged environment and expect some damage. Not gonna let that get in the
way of having fun (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif)
As long as I don’t send a loco and 30 car consist 50’ down a hillside all is good (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
I live at 8600’ about 20 miles down the east side of the Continental Divide and the winters
up here are BRUTAL!!! So that also means I have to build structures with only one thing in
mind: strength and durability (ok, that’s two things…). The Lucin Trestle is a good example.
Not really close to prototype, but it should last as long as I do!
Steve
“Having fun” is the important part. None of what I do on my RR is prototypical, but it works for me. At least I try to be consistent in how everything looks.
Welcome Aboard, Steve! I apologize if I was slow in greeting you. I’ll blame it on age. You should have some great photos!
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Welcome Steve !
Welcome aboard, Steve!