BUILDING A MODEL OF A 30" RAILROAD TURNTABLE with Picturesand Drawings of Nine (9) Turntables •••• compiled & designed by Jack L. Winegar
This is a new spiral bound booklet. Spiral binding allows themodeler to lay this book flat on their workbench.
This booklet describes and illustrates how to build a model ofTurntable as they were built prototypically over 100 years ago - wood sizes andcommercial styrene shapes are listed for a 30" Turntable on the MaterialList with full scale templates. The Plan-Set is a 60'Turntable designed in 1:24 scale, making it 30" long. This length isappropriate for other Large Scales as follows:
This balanced turntable is based on the turn-of-the-centuryturntables built by the Lassig Bridge Co. of Chicago, before, and after theLassig Co. was purchased by the American Bridge Co. Many of these turntableswere still in operation in the 1940's. Lassig built such turntables for theChicago, Rock Island & Pacific, C&N-W, Rock Island, and other railroadsat varying lengths.
Obviously this design could be easily lengthened for largerengines and tenders. All details are commercially available with commercialstyrene shapes only needing to be cut to length, from full size templates withinthe Plan-Set.
Turning can be accomplished by simply turning with a couplefingers as was accomplished prototypically by a good man or the Plan-Set gives you the option ofusing commercial gears. Such turning eliminates fancy electronics especiallywhen used in a railroad garden. A front bicycle or tricycle wheel axle bearingis another turning option (which can be found along any street on “GarbageDay.”) Or, a simply block core between riveted side girders fastened to a LazySusan is another option.
The Plan-Set consists of 10) 13" x 19"Super B sheets. The Booklet includes: 30) 9-½"x 13" pages with over 65 pictures, illustrations, a material list, building instructions, painting,weathering and UV stabilization, turning gears with an electrical polarityoptions. Also included is an additional 4 vintageturntable drawings.<o:p></o:p>
Skill levels required to build this Turntable varies. Side girderplates fastened to a block is the easiest, or use styrene shapes riveted to thegirder plates for the most skilled finescale modeler, with variationsin-between.<o:p></o:p>
CONTENTS
page #1 & 2 - Cover and index.
page #3 - Union Pacific, 1911, American BridgeCo., 80΄ Turntable from Yakima, WA., at the California Railroad Museum,Sacramento, CA.
page #4 - Pere Marquette Railway, 1901, DetroitBridge & Ironworks, 68.8΄ Turntable from Petosky, MI., at GreenfieldVillage, Dearborn, MI.
page #5 - Soo Line, American Bridge Co., 70΄Turntable from Weyerhaeuser, WI., at Camp 5 Logging Museum, Laona, WI.
page #6 - Southern Pacific, 1860, “A” FrameGallows Turntable, at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, NV.
pages #7 & #8 - Vintage drawings of Eureka SpringsRailroad, 1910, Philadelphia Turntable Co., 74.4΄ Turntable from EurekaSprings, AK.
page #9 - Eureka Springs, AK., site map drawingwith the Philadelphia Turntable Co. Turntable.
page #9 - 9-½΄ long narrow gauge IndustrialTurntable, at the Rhinelander Logging Museum, Rhinelander, WI.
page #10 - Chicago & North-Western, 1910,American Bridge Co., 80΄ Turntable from Harvard, IL., at the Illinois RailwayMuseum, Union, IL.
page #10 - 1918, C&N-W Right-of-Way drawing ofWinegar, Wisc. with a 60΄ Lassig Turntable.
page #11 - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 100' Truss-Type Turntable, Bridgeport, NE.
page #12 - Fractions - Decimals - Millimeter Chart conversions.
page #13 - VCLCo 19ʺ x 13ʺ drawing of 60' Balanced American Bridge Co. Lassig Turntable.
page #14 - VCLCo 19ʺ x 13ʺ drawing of Cord Template with Angle Bracing Assembly for the 30ʺ model Turntable.
page #15 - VCLCo 19ʺ x 13ʺ drawingTop & Side Views of 30" Turntable.
page #16 - VCLCo 19ʺ x 13ʺ drawing of Full Scale Rivet Templates with Material List for the 30ʺ model Turntable.
page #17 - VCLCo 19ʺ x 13ʺ drawing of Angle Bracing, Stiffeners and Gusset Templates for the 30ʺ model Turntable.
page #18 - VCLCo 19ʺ x 13ʺ drawing Top & Bottom X_Bracing full scale templates with rivets
page #19 - VCLCo 19ʺ x 13ʺTurntable Pit
page #20 - VCLCo 19ʺ x 13ʺ drawing of Turntable Trucks and Rail Locking Mechanism renderings, for the 30ʺ model Turntable.
page #21 - VCLCo 19ʺ x 13ʺ drawing of Gussets and Angle Bracing, plus rendering of a finescale Roller Pedestal for the 30ʺ model Turntable.
page #22 - VCLCo 19ʺ x 13ʺ drawing and pictures of Turning Gearing with Axle Bearings for the 30ʺ model Turntable.
page #23 - VCLCo 19ʺ x 13ʺ Electrical Polarity drawing, any size or scale Turntable.
page #24 to 28 - Suggested Rules for Building, Painting, Weathering and Rusting a steelTurntable model with UV protection.
page #29 - Popular Large Scale Train Scales
page #30 - ½" Scale Conversion to Other Popular Scales
page #31 - Turntable Modeling References.
page #32 to 36 - Other Designs by the Author
page #37 to 40 - VCLCo Books and Booklets
page #41 - Vilas County Lumber Company Town of Winegar, Wisc.
Plan-Sets are sold for the non-commercial use by thepurchaser only. A purchaser may build as many Turntables as they desire fortheir own personal use.
TOOLS TO BUILD THISTURNTABLE:
● scriber ● clamps ● Xuron #2175 shear flush cutter ● drill bits ●needle files ● hobby knife with extra blades ● pin vice ● razor saw ● GeneralTools Mfg. Co. #616 (10ths, 100ths) ruler ● sand paper ● straight edge ● tweezers
Plans were designed and drawn in CAD with 3-D renderings andbooklet are printed in color with a professional graphic printer. Plans arefully dimensioned for scale modeling as listed above. These well designed CADdrawings can be increased and reduced in size legibly with a good copy machine,as compared to blue print drawings with, good line quality.
CAD printed drawings have the advantage over traditional blueprints because of the fact that details are more easily identified when printedin different line weight colors and since there is no confusing hand lettering.Our plans are designed to be easily understood by the novice.
Drawings and Booklet pages are printed on heavy 70 lb acid-free/ECF-Freepaper (complying with sustainable Forest Management procedures).
The present Vilas County Lumber Co. (VCLCo) also has some 90 otherPlan-Sets such as bridges,single stall engine house, several depots, derricks, various factories, grainelevators, barges and car floats, sheds, Sawmill, Shingle Mill, a tunnel portaland other lumber company complex buildings.
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