Rotary #99200

[Robert McFarland]

In the DSP&PHS Rotary photo,although the rotary is lettered DL&G 064,the boxcar in the background appears to have C&S end markings.

[DRGWK37]

Mike simply outstanding!  I'm going to try and build OO so your pics are even more inspiration. Nice photoshop work too it even feels cold in your pictures!

William
aka drgwk37

[Derrell Poole]

That's the one, Todd (second photo). Thanks. I would guess there is a good chance that it was the same train but even if it wasn't it still demonstrates that the deep "McConnell" wasn't so rare as to be exclusive to one or two engines. I happen to think Mike is likely right about it being 63 but not to the point of  a certainty.

[Robert McFarland]

Somewhere in the Bogies&Loop files is an article by Dan Windolph about the Rotary he built.

[Mike Trent]

Rotary 99200 has returned to Dickey, taking coal before being serviced and put back into the house. It will probably be hot for the next few weeks.

The next pics will show the interior during construction.

 

[Mike Trent]

Here are a couple pictures that show the interior......




I'll try to get some better ones later.

[Mike Trent]

[Robert McFarland]

Is that a derail?

[Mike Trent]

The boiler is a PSC C-16 boiler, detailed as closely as possible to what I was able to see and discern from the photos after the fire. An extended tour of Rotary OM was also extremely beneficial.

All the brass inside makes this a pretty heavy model, which can cause a lot of wear to the soft white metal castings that make up the trucks. The tender trucks are actually only slightly modified from the trucks that came under one of my rebuilt Sunset #74's, including the 30" diameter wheelsets.

Thans for all the nice compliments. I'm very proud of this, and the First Place MOW plaque I have from the 1986 National Narrow Gauge Convention. The Gazette article may be in the March/April 1987 issue.

I've had a couple of questions about my photo utility software. I use a very old Dell Laptop with Microsoft "Picture It!" software. I've been using it for many years and continue to learn new things about it more often than you'd think.

If you are interested in anything about how this model was built, or any measurements, detail shots or anything else, please feel free to contact me. It's a really nice addition to the old roster and you will be proud of it.

 

[John Schapekahm]

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[Mike Trent]

Yes, Robert, we believe that was a derail. For sure it is here.

There is a lone harp switchstand with no turnout in a picture taken looking toward the depot when #71, #8, and #69 were stored there before they were moved back to Como in 1938.

I asked Darel and Derrell if that might be a derail on the Leadville siding, and they agreed that it probably was. It is fairly close on my "layout" to where the original was.

[Mike Trent]

Thanks, John. No pinhole, they were all taken with my Samsung Galaxy phone, emailed to my old laptop and shopped and posted from there. It looked almost like that here in Alabama on Friday!

[Robert McFarland]

Then what,if anything ,is a McClellan stack?

[Rick Steele]

Robert,

First you asked about a Derail. Just like its name implies, it is a device or rail that, when lined, will derail a car. These are usually used on sidings and the entrances to Branch Lines. They are placed in such a manner so that if a car gets away from a crew or the customer while loading or unloading that the car will derail before it gets to the main line so that it does not run into a train or track gang and cause a large amount of damage.

There is no such thing as a McClellan Stack. McClellan, when not referencing the Civil War General, is a saddle. The stack is a McConnell, named after the Chief Engineer of the UP.

Rick

[Chris Walker]

http://coloradosouthern.blogspot.co.nz/2014/10/case-of-missing-truss-rods.html
has a good view of the Hinged (thrown-over type) Derail since this thread is being "derailed",  Rick might have mentioned that the "other" type asked about is only a Switchstand operated slide-rail in reality like only one half(side) of a Stub-turnout and is only required on the downgrade-end of a Siding or Spur.  One of the best views of this set up is on pg137 of Mineral Belt 2 at Smith Spur above Breckenridge.

[Robert McFarland]

What about the one in the bottom photo on p264 of Poor's DSP&P Memorial?

[Robert McFarland]

Was a photo deleted on this thread?

[Chris Walker]

Same Photo: different name for same spur.  

[Robert McFarland]

Is the photo of the rotary and MOW cars that includes the Pacific Hotel on another thread,or has it been deleted from this one?