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Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - teejay - 02-15-2013 Thanks again , guys . Wayne , I remember the chain was a little too big for HO but it was my best choice ...don't think it was O scale but hard to remember 10 years ago . The bucket and arm , itself was a real chore ( it's where the operator goes and I did have an old pic with the man in mine ) and there are over 150 separate pieces I cut/laminated/glued to get it right . Schraddel , my Hulett is the 1915 Whiskey Island version . Crazy as it sounds , I thought it was more "stylish" than other versions . I don't think a lot of people realize how important George Hulett's invention was back in the late 1800's . Before he came along they were hand balming cargo ...granted , ships were "only" mostly 300 footers but still , what a job . His invention was a huge time saver . Reinhard , I have seen the video that focuses on the Hulett operator many times . In Ashtabula Ohio ( about a 3 hour drive from my house in Ontario ) there is a marine museum with a Hulett bucket displayed outside . I will confess that when nobody was around I did jump into the bucket and stood where the operator would . Hulett's were powered by electricity and if that panel behind the driver ever blew ..... ...a hugely dangerous job , and breathing in all the iron ore dust when they dropped inside the cargo hold ...not good . T Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - Tyson Rayles - 02-15-2013 Wow ! Spectacular loader T !!!!!! Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - modelsof1900 - 02-15-2013 faraway Wrote:There is an old video done in the cab of the Hullett while it is in operation. I have forgotten where I it is but it is amazing to see how the cab is moving with the operator. These Huletts have impressed me so much that I have set a link to this video already some months ago on my website. Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - Schraddel - 02-15-2013 Picture links: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.mhsd.org/photogallery/images/clevelandhullette-amc.jpg">http://www.mhsd.org/photogallery/images ... te-amc.jpg</a><!-- m --> The Hulletts on Whiskey Island still alive. Here you can clearly see the arrangement of the rails under the hullett and the narrow gauge electrical pushers. May be useful: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.zahkunst.net/blastproject/8-14-06/hulett0.jpg">http://www.zahkunst.net/blastproject/8- ... ulett0.jpg</a><!-- m --> <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.zahkunst.net/mainpage.htm">http://www.zahkunst.net/mainpage.htm</a><!-- m --> The Astabula Hulletts: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.mhsd.org/historian11-11.pdf">http://www.mhsd.org/historian11-11.pdf</a><!-- m --> Lutz Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - teejay - 02-15-2013 When I did my research on the Hulett , before construction , I found a guy named Chip Syme who was from the Akron Ohio area. He was selling a CD with about 300 pics on it , all Hulett related from a public tour of some sort at Whiskey Island . There were even a few pics from standing on top of the machine ( in a safe area for the public ) . It was the best $25 I ever spent on priceless detail pics . If Chip is still alive , that CD might be available ( no ,I don't have a cd burner ) T Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - teejay - 03-18-2013 I'm happy to report that my problems "running trains " was really one particular loco ....everything does run well as several other locos are making it around the web of switches with easy . I do need to reclean the track , though . Anyhow it looks like my wiring and soldering are a go , but I going to continue operating turnouts by hand . T Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - Tyson Rayles - 03-18-2013 Glad to hear your wiring is a go ! I guess we will be seeing pic's of finished scenery in a few days? Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - teejay - 03-18-2013 No pics for a while , Mike ...can't use the home desktop and really don't want to spend much on an older computer getting it repaired . I'll have to see about running my pics through this little laptop that I use here at work , and with Win 8 , that might be a chore . .....scenery is actually coming along well , now that you asked . T Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - Charlie B - 03-18-2013 teejay Wrote:When I did my research on the Hulett , before construction , I found a guy named Chip Syme who was from the Akron Ohio area. He was selling a CD with about 300 pics on it , all Hulett related from a public tour of some sort at Whiskey Island . There were even a few pics from standing on top of the machine ( in a safe area for the public ) . It was the best $25 I ever spent on priceless detail pics . If Chip is still alive , that CD might be available ( no ,I don't have a cd burner )Chip is quite well. He recently retired from NS. He lives in Minerva, Ohio. He is a really great guy and a great modeler. Charlie Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - teejay - 03-18-2013 Chip does business the old way ......told ne to have a look at the CD and if I liked it , send him the money Amazing ....I got him the $$$ ASAP ! I wonder if Chip knew the late and great Dean Freytag , also from Akron ....Dean was one of my heros in modelling , T Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - teejay - 12-19-2013 ....finally got back to my layout ....a few improvements but " phase 1 " ( of 2 ) is not finished . Given that 1 and 2 will be different scenes in a fairly small space , I'm going to use a scenic break between the two . That being the case , I'm starting on the framework of Phase 2 , as we speak , to get a better feel for how the whole layout will look . T Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - teejay - 12-19-2013 ...a little more . Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - teejay - 12-19-2013 Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - teejay - 12-19-2013 Re: Hamilton & Great Lakes Railroad - teejay - 12-19-2013 The scene you are viewing above is an obviously industrialized area bordering a city . It will transition , through the scenic break , to a dock/seaside scene about 10x3 with a leg for the wharf . Most models are or will be scratch built or heavily kit bashed . T |