Drew, you can get a copy of the Code of Federal Regulations Title 49 part 221 in soft cover from: www.transalert.com Railway Educational Bureau Item BKEND Rear End Marking Device $2.25 on page 2 (lower right hand corner) of their catalog. Their catalog is full of Manuals from "Qualifications and Certification of Locomotive Engineers" to Training videos and SD40-2 Locomotive Chart (cut-a-way view nomenclature). Very informative. Even has things for model railroaders! You can enroll in courses on page 108 & 9.
All this talk about FREDs....Do any of you guys have a FRED on your train layout? Any ideas how to intall one for N scale? Rob
I saw a one mounted on/in an N-Scale boxcar at a show a while back. The light was a red LED with the circuitry installed in the car. I assume it was battery powered since it operated while the train was stopped. Wasn't there an article on making Fred's in MR a few years back? Hank
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hank Coolidge: Wasn't there an article on making Fred's in MR a few years back? Hank[/QB]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> If any of you guys have this article, could you scan it and send it to me?
One was made by using the flasher unit and red light from a little (almost) HO toy car. It had also been mounted in an HO Box car. It protruded out the rear end just above the coupler. There might be room to mount one in an N scale car. There was a toy ambulance and fire warden's car too. It seems like it said Walmart, or KMart toy store, one of the discount stores maybe.
According to rule, a blue flag(or light)may be removed by the person who placed it there or by a member of the same class or craft. violating blue flag protection is an extremely serious safety rule violation and will DEFINITELY get you fired.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rule 281: Question for the guys that hang and remove EOTs ..... Is there something that lets you know when an EOT battery needs charging? I assume it would not be good if an EOT ran out juice halfway through a run If you're adding a marker, you always use a fresh battery but most of them give a readout of battery charge state when you push the button to arm them. If it does go dead (pretty common) then there are a bunch of rules that come into effect depending on the train and the territory. 281<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> rule has it pretty well down-pat. asctually there is a hole that was made when the couple was made that is about 4-5 inches deep (most of the way through) and the eot has a peg on the bottom that it just slides into, then the Fred is hooked up, and the ones on CSX had 2 batteries, main and back up. Batteries are usually switched between every train.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ROMAFERN: If any of you guys have this article, could you scan it and send it to me? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I found the article on how to build an N-Scale EOT. It is in the September/October 2000 issue of N-Scale Magazine, on page 38. Bob Kendall wrote the article. The installation uses a standard 40' box car. It looks fairly simple so I'm sure it could be used for HO, S, and O Scales also. It's a copyrighted article, so I can't copy it. However, you can call Hundman Publishing at 1-800-810-7660 and order a copy for $5.50, plus $2.50 for S&H. Hank [ 10 May 2001: Message edited by: Hank Coolidge ] [ 10 May 2001: Message edited by: Hank Coolidge ]
Here is an EOT used today, from an active employee. [ 01 February 2002, 10:38: Message edited by: watash ]
They look similar, but they are so different. Contrast this with the pictures of a much older "Fred" I posted on page one. That one had only two or three functions at the most. (The link to those pictures was broken, but now repaired.)
