Battery control Wagon, Multi use, multi power, Multi loco

[Granitechops]

NHN Jun 29 2009

The weight of the cells in the Garratt would be a boon to traction, but as a dead weight load, I feel you may have a problem.

Lets hope your bogies are more free running with that sort of load weight than LGB ones!!

 

[Granitechops]

Battery size
looks big on end

 

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But on its side it is only 1.5 cm above deck

 

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So this evening I fitted the free running Aristocraft freight bogies.
in this pic you can also see the bogie mounting,
this end does not allow any lateral lean
but allows a lot of yaw?
Achieved by mounting the bolt through a piece of half dowel (3/4"? diam) protected by a shaped bit of tinplate to minimise wear

 

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Other end, to acheive three point suspension, the mounting bolt goes through a wooden bead,
the sort they make car massage seat covers with, with one end sanded flat & glued to floor

 

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To make the transverse bogie rocker bar
take some tinplate,
an old can will do,
I actually had some new tinplate stock ready flattened

 

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trap about 5mm under a bit of waste wood clamped to bench

 

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cut a piece of half dowel same length as tinplate,
& place under tinplate

 

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bend tinplate around dowel

 

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with 2" nail punch holes in 4 corners of flange

 

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glue dowel to vehicle base
I use pva for wood to wood

superglue tinplate & fix with pins throu holes prepunched

 

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Shown here fixed to a coach done previously

 

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This is what it looks like now after being clamped all night
with Nonny with his scooter for comparison

 

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The gap by the well floor is for ventilation of the battery while charging ,
as it will be concealed by a load
The gap at end is where a hopper type floor will start from.
It may change design as time progresses
Called
""FLUID PLANNING""

 

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Close up of Nonny
to show that ........

 

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.... the internal floor is ultra low
in fact just under 1/2 inch above rail head
Battery weighs 5lb or 2.4 kilo approx
Nonny & transport on well floor

 

[Dave Hub]

That is looking good, if people ask you could always say its inspired by a Uk style Nuculear flask wagon see attached picture. why don't real trains have nuculear power??????



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[Granitechops]

Well the rain stopped the sun came out so did the train

did a test run with the new wagon before going any further

no problems here

 

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No problems here either