N&W style line poles

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Abram, maybe you can elaborate?
He did tell me this same thing, but on my little stretch of modeling zone,
which encompasses 6 poles, the photos all seem to show them on the same
side - east.

On Abram's advice, I modified my model, so they can easily be rotated and
printed. (with the Y-shaped tramp bracket at top for high voltage, you
can't just rotate the pole 180 degs.)

Mike Rector

On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 3:38 PM NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Very nice work
>
> do you know N&W practice on which side of the pole the crossarm went on.
> In telecom it alternated, i.e. one on the east side then the next on the
> west side.  If N&W didn't alternate, what was their practice?
>
> Ed Sproles
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 7:22 AM NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>> I want to share my current 3d modeling/printing project.  I needed to
>> make these for my Blue Ridge module/diorama.  While I am at it, I thought I
>> might as well make some alternates, too. A tremendous  thank you to Abe
>> Burnett, Matt Goodman and Jeff Hawkins for information along the way.
>> The only compromise that I made is the crossarms are 3x5 inches, as
>> opposed to the real ones which appear to be 2x4 (they are a little skinnier
>> looking on the real prototype). I did this to add just a little bit of
>> strength to the finished model.  I will be stringing EZ Wire on these when
>> I am finished with scenery (the grass below needs work still - I don't care
>> for it)
>>
>> [image: image.png] [image: 75cd9690-9c02-4039-9b34-ca229e9700c7.png]
>>   [image: c14ae2d5-18d0-4ee5-85eb-fb15a89a9e37.png]
>>
>> this is cropped from a photo and I don't know the photographer.
>> [image: line poles.png]
>>
>> Here's a rendered version of the more standard pole from other parts of
>> the railroad. I haven't printed this yet, but it will certainly not be an
>> issues, since the upper crossarm is just the lower crossarm, shortened.
>> [image: image.png]
>> Here are my Blue Ridge crossarms off the printer
>>  [image: fea516a5-42fb-4bcf-a20d-4797cbe77186.png]
>>  [image: image.png]
>>
>> Mike Rector
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