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Spruce Coal and Timber Company Maintenance of Way critter - photo/video

Joey_RicardJoey_RicardOGR Forum Member

Spruce Coal and Timber Company Maintenance of Way critter -

 

 

 

 

This cab is my rendition of a kit that I got last year, but just now got around to putting it together. The base was a Bachmann On30 Davenport and the cab is a laser kit from a guy I found on eBay. I am waiting for a galloping Goose Tsunami decoder to come in to finish up the little details and such. The speaker enclusure is ready to go when I get the Tsunami sound decoder. I had plugged in an EMD Diesel sound decoder I had laying around from an HO install that hasn't happened yet to see how the speaker did, and I actually thought about leaving it in after I played with the acoustics settings in the JMRI program, but I think a goose would sound better.

The car behind it is a scratch built so called maintenance of way workboose made from wood siding, Sticks of 1/4 x 1/4 and I used grandtline windows and doors. The trucks are from an HO scale leftover. I did add wiper pickups to the loco wheels as well as all wheel pick up from the workboose. I have gotten in the habbit of doing this with steam tenders on all my short locos such as Porters and Davenports. I can assure you that with the tenders or secondary cars and additional pick up, they all go over even HO #8 turnouts and all at grade crossings with no problem. That was something I hated with the 0-4-0's (stall).

 

I made a quick little video and I have it on my Youtube page.

If the embedded link didn't work up top - It's at http://youtu.be/uobWwMOY8I8

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Burlington RouteBurlington RouteOGR Forum Member

Oops, just checked and your correct, there's is a steel version- my mistake. Nice part is now that you've done the wooden one you can easily redo another in steel if you so desired.

Yell when you get that new soundboard and install it..I'd love to see how that fits in{bet it'll be tight!}...I have the precisioncraft On30 goose with the loksound board..should be the same as your intended tsunami board's sound...I like the oogah horn{spelling?} and the shifting of gears when she winds out.

Are you planing on an interior light as well as front and back direction lighting? 

Joey_RicardJoey_RicardOGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by Burlington Route:

Oops, just checked and your correct, there's is a steel version- my mistake. Nice part is now that you've done the wooden one you can easily redo another in steel if you so desired.

Yell when you get that new soundboard and install it..I'd love to see how that fits in{bet it'll be tight!}...I have the precisioncraft On30 goose with the loksound board..should be the same as your intended tsunami board's sound...I like the oogah horn{spelling?} and the shifting of gears when she winds out.

Are you planing on an interior light as well as front and back direction lighting? 

 

I am not planning any other lighting on this little critter although now that I look at it, I do not like the large headlight that I used. I may remove that one and add a smaller one possibly drilling into the front up top, (think school bus light).

The decoders I use are the Soundtraxx Tsunami TSU-750's and they fin into pretty small places. Over the years I did literally more than 50 into HO locos and I always made them fit somehow with a speaker. 

Burlington RouteBurlington RouteOGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by Joey_Ricard:
... I may remove that one and add a smaller one possibly drilling into the front up top, (think school bus light).

...The decoders I use are the Soundtraxx Tsunami TSU-750's and they fin into pretty small places.

A} if your looking into one of the srewed on light fixtures that busses usually got, I've used "googely eyes" with good success for 1/25th scale semis and cars - carefully cut the backing off, glue on the clear lense to a base, flat or concave, or a section of tubing to mimic the light asembly of your choice....added ca'd paper for a very thin shround/visor and your set.

B} have you tried a 3/4 amp board in an On30...I'd be afraid the needed amperage might be over the rating for those, unless it was a single unit or hauling 1-2 cars only.

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