[AT] respirators--now barrel trains

[charlie hill]

Here's a link to pics of a barrel train that seems to work well.

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=3009706&a=32462013&f=0

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
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Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] respirators--now barrel trains


> Some clubs go the extra mile and take a big, older lawn mower and strip 
> the
> sheet metal and build a new shell that looks like a locomotive engine. The
> cars in our club's train are all painted different tractor colors complete
> with decals, steering wheels, and exhaust pipes. We had bicycle horns on
> them but the noise was unbearable! There is a small piece of angle iron
> welded on the side of the cars to be used as a step. The seats are (I
> believe) salvaged off old school desks--the ones for little kids. We 
> started
> with hard rubber lawn mower wheels but they wore out after a few years and
> we went back with pneumatic.  In both cases we used aprox 20" wheels. Keep
> minimal slop in the hitches to help with backlash and noise.
>
> Ours runs all day during our show and never lacks for riders. And the best
> part is we do not charge for the rides.
>
> John Hall
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 5:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] respirators and Isocyanates (Urethane paint)
>
>
>> I'll be darned!  I've never seen one but it sounds like a nice idea!
>> John
>>
>>
>> At 02:29 PM 03/29/2008, you wrote:
>>>On Mar 29, 2008, at 12:02 PM, John Wilkens wrote:
>>>
>>> > What's a "barrel train? ....some special RR train?
>>>
>>>Hi John, I believe what is being referred to is a child's ride that
>>>is made up of (typically) 55 gal. drums that are pulled by a garden
>>>tractor. You sometimes see a "barrel train" at engine/tractor shows.
>>>         Dave
>
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