We’re adding a smaller model railroad beside our ride-on railroad, called a Garden Scale Railroad.
Some progress:
We ran the first train, our Shay, on May 3
Tunnel was added May 12
We confirmed the battery conversion of the Climax locomotive on June 7
We are completing the upgrade of this boxcar to become the battery-holder car for the Climax.
Tests to be done soon
– Set up a sloped test track and see if the Climax and Shay can climb ok
– – – necessary to know because if we want a figure 8, the grade will likely have to be more than 3 degrees
– Test one of our many sharper- curve switches we have to see if they will permit the Shay and Climax to go through
– – – we need to know, because the proposed layouts all contain many switches
Some background on our Garden Scale Railroad is located here
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