Platform canopy

Spelt that wrong - but you know what I mean.
 
Henri said:
A quick update. The roof is 'in shape'.

Appreciate your comments guys!

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Forgot to say in all the other blurb I have been doing. You did ask about heights of LGB Trams so I have taken a couple of Pics for you with heights taken:-
LGB Tram pan fully depressed Height 18cm.
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LGB Tram pan fully up Height 25.5 cm
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So the answer to your question if you were running an LGB Tram with the Pan Up you probably should allow 10mm over the max. Even if you do not have overhead an electric Tram or Loco or Railcar (Triebwagen) always looks better running with the Pans up. I have not taken into consideration the other type of LGB Pan - the Bow Type, they are probably somewhat similar.
JonD
 
Frank Gallagher said:
The bow type would be higher not sure by how much though
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So I have done my little trip and come up with the following on the Bow Collector:-
Pan down 17.5cm
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Pan Up 25cm
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So a full 5mm lower in each case.
JonD
 
Jasper said:
May or may not be relevant: LGB's overhead wire hangs 23 cm above the railhead.
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That is between the measured heights that I have posted so is a good reference. But a further gap would be required from the roof so that cross-over current would not get to any metal in the roof.
JonD
 
This afternoon I visited a second hand bookstote and yes! An unknown book called ' De stoomtram in de Hoeksche Waard'. The Hoeksche Waard is one of the South Holland isles and we happen to live there. Full of perfect reference material an years of building fun!

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This is the most photographed canopy from the RTM, once located in Blaaksedijk. About 10 km away from our home.


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But this is what the other 99% of the platforms looked like...
 
The Blaakschedijk canopy is an excellent prototype to model, and one can readily imagine how RTM would have modified it had they ever converted to overhead.
 
Henri said:
This afternoon I visited a second hand bookstote and yes! An unknown book called ' De stoomtram in de Hoeksche Waard'. The Hoeksche Waard is one of the South Holland isles and we happen to live there. Full of perfect reference material an years of building fun!

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This is the most photographed canopy from the RTM, once located in Blaaksedijk. About 10 km away from our home.


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But this is what the other 99% of the platforms looked like...
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What a result your work is vilified by prototype presidence, that must make it all so much happier. Plus my concerns were off the mark. Great.
JonD
 
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