Ice Fog

Tuesday morning we awoke to quite a display of ice fog.  I managed to snap a few shots of it before the sun came out and burned it all off.

-Tim

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I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 03-14-2008 | 04:03 PM
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Curved Turnout

Lines in the snow

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I love the look of trackwork in snow. Eliminating the ties highlights the beauty of the geometry of two parallel lines, especially on a curved turnout.

An interesting detail shows on this curved turnout, adjacent to the right hand switch point is a short guardrail that will force the wheel flange away from the switch point, keeping the wheels from picking the points as the flanges rub along the inside of the rail. The turnout is thrown in the wrong direction in this image for it to work, but if you imagine the points the other direction you can see how this would work, the guard rail will push against the outside of the wheel therefore shoving the wheel away from the points.

-Tim

About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 03-13-2008 | 10:03 AM
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Sectional Track

 1:1 Scale

An interesting work train sitting in Burlington yesterday.  A multi-section portable turnout, appears to be a fairly large size, probably a #16.

-T

About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 03-12-2008 | 09:03 AM
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