-=> Quoting Alec Cameron to Gregory Procter <=-
 AC> Groan......... Jim Someone in Flight of the Phoenix?? ;-)
 Well, I always thought a better way to rebuild the phoenix would have been
 to............... ;-)
 AC> This relative of mine is a serious model railway builder. If you don't
 AC> know him, I suggest you write: Brian Rowling 42 Pemberton Street NORTH
 AC> PARRAMATTA NSW 2151. His layout is a building approx 50 x 20 feet. He
 AC> has some expertise in command control and track circuiting. Was a
 AC> signal electrician at the time I was an electrical fitter.
 A friend of mine was a signal electrician, did all his soldering with a
 two pound soldering iron and was very neat but he couldn't manage surface
 mount components. ;-) but seriously, I might drop him a line. That layout 
room
 would be something to see!
 AC> Anything at railhead height is a no no! I used to have to work
 AC> underneath trains, I was disciplined officially for screwing up
 AC> handbrakes in case my train got bumped. I was told that the white flag
 AC> fastened at the end of the car set was sufficient protection!!
Hey, they use that system on B52 bombers when they land, it works there ;-)
(they do move a little though)
Whoever told you that the white flag was sufficient probably hadden't even 
been
under his desk for thirty years.
I don't even go under a car without axle stands and blocks behind a wheel. 
Even
then I nearly got caught once!
The gap
 AC> between the sleepers and the traction motors, always seemed too small
 AC> for awkward Alec....
 That's not a very big gap here in NZ on 3'6" gauge!
Greg.P.
  
... My hard disk is full! Maybe I'll try this message section thing.
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