Forced perspective has been mentioned briefly in other areas of this website. Basically, it involves the use of different sizes of scenery material, structures, trains and/or backdrops to make the scene appear larger and deeper than it really is.
Lorentz force is the force exerted on a charged particle in an electromagnetic field. The particle will experience a force due to electric field of qE, and due to the magnetic field qv × B.
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Forced perspective is another technique for enhancing the illusion of a miniature railroad. This means making objects in the background smaller in scale than they normally would be.
Forced Perspective
A modeling technique that gives the impression that there are more buildings in a scene than are really possible.
The force in pounds exerted by a locomotive to turn its driving wheels. Tractive effort equals the weight on the driving wheels multiplied by the adhesion factor. Also called tractive force.
Traffic department
The sales staff of a railroad.
The force exerted by a locomotive on the leading coupling of the vehicles which it is hauling.
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GTW forces also applied more comfortable seats for the crews. MoPac used "toadstool" style seats. These were simply seats with a cushion and a seat back.
The force which a locomotive can pull under controlled conditions.
Trailing Switch
A turnout or switch whose points face away from oncoming traffic.
Enemt forces set up beside a caboose
Swedes advance while German gunners take aim on the train
These Germans are clones of Airfix and Matchbox figures ...
PROXYING FORCES: Cut small pieces of card stock that correspond to the base size of your models (guestimate if you have too) and use these instead of models.
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An axial force or stress caused by equal and opposite forces pulling at the ends of the members. In simple bending it is also present above or below the neutral axis.
Tie.
VOLTS Is the force that causes the electrons to flow through the circuit. The greater the force the higher the number of electrons that can be forced through a given circuit.
Tractive Effort
The force which a locomotive can pull under controlled conditions.
Trailing Switch
A turnout or switch whose points face away from oncoming traffic.
Dynamic Braking A braking system in which the train motors acting as generators provides braking forces upon the car. EA (Environmental Assessment) Formerly called EIS/AA, for Environmental Impact Statement/Alternatives Analysis.
As the strip moves toward the pulley no force is exerted. When it is moving away the cord pulls slightly on the pulley. The result is smooth motion (noisy though).
Brake Beam A cross-piece in the foundation brake gear for a pair of wheels to which the leverage delivers its force to be transmitted through the attached brake head and brake shoes to the tread of the wheels.
Add, to Couple car(s) to a train Adhesion Coefficient The ratio of tangential and normal force that exist between the wheel and the rail during motion.
Adhesion Coefficient (m) The ratio of the tangential and normal forces that exist between the wheel and the rail at standstill and during motion. The adhesion coefficient for rolling motion is usually referred to as m R. Generally taken as 0.3 to 0.
Manhattan Transit - subdivision B-1 of the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) subway The Brains The conductor Brake Beam A cross-piece in the foundation brake gear for a pair of wheels to which the leverage delivers its force to ...
The distortion of a body produced by the application of one or more external forces and measured in units of length. In common usage, this is the proportional relation of the amount of distortion divided by the original length.
Stress.
Ties keep the rails in gauge, cushion the rails and transmit the forces of a moving train to the ballast. Traditionally, ties were made of wood — in modern times creosoted wood.
Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General and given command of all Union forces, he understood the advantage the South had in its interior lines of supply and the part railroads played.
Diecast - A casting process used to manufacture some products for model railroading, where molten metal is forced into the mold under pressure.
Diesel - Compression ignition, internal combustion engine.
Per diem: A fee paid by a rail company to the owner of a car (US) (wagon (UK)) for the time it spends on the company's property; also an authorized living expense payment for some workers forced away from their home terminal. Pronounced by some U.
Pushing against an empty or light car with more than 14 powered axles generated so much "in train" force that the empty or light car would simply be forced out of the train on curves.
Tie see Sleeper Tiebar The metal bar or sleeper that attaches two points together and forces them to operate together. Track The "road" on which trains run. Track is made up of rails, sleepers, and chairs or baseplates.
Centrifugal force or gravity provide bias toward one rail. If rail "B" is perhaps a millimeter higher than rail "A", all wheels on the lower rail will kiss rail "A" with their flanges. The train will exit the TURNIP via path "X".
Asymmetrical DCC can be used to enforce speed control through important sections of your layout or to stop a train in a siding, in the station, or before an occupied rail crossing.
While Restricted Speed should make such a move safe, this rule will in practical terms force trains to move with the Current of Traffic, lowering the probability of mishaps....
Block Register Territory (BRT) ...
A cylinder containing a piston which is forced outwardly by compressed air to apply the brakes. When the air pressure is released it is returned to its normal position by a release spring coiled about the piston rod inside the cylinder.
Brakeman ...
A measure of the magnetizing power, or magneto motive force developed by a current of electricity in a conducting coil. It is equal to the product of the number of turns in a coil by the current in amperes.
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Slugs are generally used in yard duty where the switcher has enough horsepower, but not enough tractive force to push long strings of cars up a hump."
Smokestack or Stack
RAILWAYS.
Set the multimeter to register voltage. Voltage is the force of electrical energy such as 110 volts from your domestic supply or 12 volts from a car battery.
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Measure of power. One HP = The force that will raise 33,000 pounds by 1 foot in 1 minute.
Hump Yard ...
Also the draft timbers and drawbar of a car, when extracted by force. If only the drawbar is pulled out, you say, "We got a lung," but if the draft timbers comewith it, you say, "We got the whole damn secret works" ...
Die Cast - Products that have been manufactured using a casting process in which molten metal is forced into a mold.
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Army List
Some wargame rules systems require players to keep a written record of their forces.
A weighted locomotive unit with traction motors but no diesel engine or generator. Used in conjunction with a diesel locomotive for additional tractive force.
Smokejack
A chimney on a car or building.
If you do install them right after from carving the foam, you can cut them in place and follow the land contour with the jig saw. The way I did them below forces you install the boards, trace the contour, remove them, cut them, ...
My personal style of modeling is to create the illusion of realism, not "real" realism, even though scale, track gauge, and space limitations force me to make many compromises. Anyway, it's your railway and you can run it any way you want! ...
As I have selected a railroad that has a very limited amount of commercially available rolling stock and motive power, I have been "forced" to solve things on my own...and I wanted to share my experience.
the greater width would mean the trains would be more stable and able to run at greater speeds. However, it proved such a nuisance in the end because every other major railway in the UK ran on standard gauge, so by the late 1800s the GWR was forced ...
 See also: Track, Train, Engine, Point, Current
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