Beginner Page Consist
Why Model Railroad?
An overview of some of the benefits to model railroading. (revised 01/23/01) The Basics Here are three articles that were printed in Railroad Model Craftsman.
Consist: the list and/or order in which multiple engines or train cars are lined up.
Consist: Cars which make up a train; also a list of those cars. Locomotive consist is a group of engines put together to pull a train.
Consist
Operating and controlling several locomotives as if they were a single entity. There are three types of consisting: (1) Basic consisting is where all locomotive decoders in the lash-up have the same address.
CONSIST"Contents or equipment of a train. Report form sent ahead so yardmaster can make plans for switching the train. The report is usually dropped off to an operator; this is dropping the consist ...
Advance Consist
A listing of all rail cars on a train, in train order, that is transmitted from station to station in advance of the train's arrival.
Advance Notice ...
Consist List of cars that make up a train.
Craze When glues ruin the surface of uncompatible plastic.
Crossover Two parallel turnouts that allow a train to move from one track to the other.
Consists of all of the operations from the time the brake pipe reduction is started until the brake is released.
Approach Signal
A signal that governs the approach to another signal.
Consist (pronounced CON-sist)
The make-up of a train; a list containing specific information for each car of a train; also a group of locomotives.
Consolidation ...
Consist
1. Make-up of a freight train in terms of the car types
2. List of locomotive units, cars in train
Constructive Placement (CP) ...
Consist
The full set of cars which make up a train, usually used in reference to a freight train.
Contactor ...
Consist
The make-up of a freight train by types of cars and their contents.
Constructive Placement ...
A train consisting of vehicles which are not fitted with continuous brakes. Special care is needed in working such trains as the only brakes available are those of the locomotive and brake van (controlled independently by the guard).
Up Line ...
Our crew consisted of Ritchie, myself and the "two Joes" (Joe H., and Joe L.). When I introduced this story, I mentioned that Ritchie never shied away from a task, no matter how rotten. This was one of those rotten times.
The town consists of the two parts Großen-Linden and Leihgestern.
It is the home of the computer hardware seller Alternate (company).
..... Click the link for more information.
The track consists of the rails joined by metal crosspieces. These cross pieces are called "ties." You will notice that the center rail is insulated from the crosspiece by a sliver of cardboard or fiber. Rail is joined by pins.
Big pusher consists (24 powered axles) were only used on loaded trains. "Time Freight" (General or Mixed Freight) pushers were limited to 14 powered axles. The former Southern pushed against cabooses, empty, and light loaded cars.
Another tape consists of distant train sounds - whistles, steam chuff, clanks, and clickety-clack - to represent trains in the distance, unseen but present in the 3-D space of the model.
Our current setup consists of 12 member-owned straight units and four Club-owned corner pieces. We also built two "bridge" units that are four feet long and only 1 foot deep.
Each car in a consist has it's own ECU, which communicates with the other ECUs in the consist. Effective Securing Device A device applied to secure a manually operated switch or derail for the protection of Roadway Workers.
A consistency halfway between water and pudding is good. Choose the width of your material by what is most convenient for you. The rougher the terrain, the more difficult it will be to get large pieces to conform to it.
A device consisting of two tapered rails with necessary connections, designed to divert rolling stock from one track to another.
Spotboard.
It usually consists of granite, whinstone or furnace slag. Ash is sometimes used in yards but not where any sort of speed is required as the dust gets into the rolling stock equipment.
A train consisting entirely of coaches, the outer of which have a cab enabling the train to be independently driven in both directions. An EMU is powered from an outside power source such as the overhead catenary or a third running rail.
Single Track System - Consists of a single track between two terminals.
Six-Footway - Area between parallel railway tracks.
Skew - Bridge spans obliquely and is therefore longer than the square gap.
A railroad wheel typically consists of two main parts: the wheel itself, and the tire around the outside. A rail tire is itself steel, and is typically heated and pressed onto the wheel, where it remains firmly as it shrinks and cools.
Consist
RAILWAYS. A train, usually without a locomotive. Any coupled set of carriages (passenger cars) and/or wagons (trucks, freight cars).
Generally a non-load carrying flat car or gondola car that is used in train consist for: (1) Providing space for load end overhang that extends beyond striker of load car.
The ordinary motors we see every day -- properly called rotary motors -- consist of a fixed outer part called a stator and a movable inner part called a rotor. A linear motor is a rotary motor with the stator unrolled into a straight line.
A bridge structure consisting of beam, girder or truss spans supported upon bents. The bents may be of the piled or of the frame type. When of framed timbers, metal or reinforced concrete they may involve two or more tiers in their construction.
It may consist of a single turnout for single track or may consist of several turnouts and diamond crossings for double (or multiple) tracks.
I will continue to make every effort to update this site in a regular and consistent manner, however significant changes have been made based on analysis of the first three years of operation.
The "SLIDE DISTANCE" shown on the sensor placement diagram is the distance that the longest locomotive consist would take to stop when the last engine has entered the gapped section of track.
A group of passenger coaches coupled together to form a train. In other words, the coaches of a passenger train minus the engine. Analogous to a "consist" in North America, though I think consists can be freight (goods) trains as well as passenger.
Board and Batten Siding - Structural siding that consists of wide, butt jointed, vertical wood planking, with joints that have been covered by wooden strips (battens).
...
Some interesting research will give you the precise consistency of your favorite limited. However, three units of power plus ten or twelve eighty foot cars is one long train.
It may have a cast steel frog that diverts one wheel up and over the rail to stop a car well short of the clearance point. Some derails consist of a single switch point thatÂ's normally left open to stop any moving car clear of the main track.
 See also: Train, Track, Engine, Point, Operation
|
