Newbie from down under

[Wouter]

Hi Chris, how are you going , Boeing don't have long fuselage trains any more,,m usually a group of 4 , the wagons are 89 footers and a 60 foot spacer wagon quite long, mainly on manifest trains or container trains, also a few special wagons that take the wings tail wings , not sure on the jet motors.

Wet day tomorrow can't do anything out side, give me a chance to sort out the new track plan layout has being cut back to save it.

Tony

Welcome on the forum, you might be happy to read there are at least two shunting engineers in real life here on the forum ^^

Cheers

[ozdell]

Hi Tony, yes, the green on the fuselage is just a protective film with the bare metal of the fuselage peeking through. As to the turbine engines they are most likely the CFM-56 type that came out on the original 300's I believe they came from SNECMA (France) in a special shipping pod aboard a container ship. Rick H.

Hi Rick, will have to check out CFM-56, haven't heard of that plane , once it starts getting hot again I won't be running trains in summer too dam hot over 40 degrees,will make a start on the next 737 fuselage.

My bridge is starting to look like a bridge with a top arch on it , I made a special jg for the arch to sit on while screwing in place postin gpics of progress tomorrow on my bridge thread .

It is getting pretty cold here now, can't do any work till the grass drys out till midday

Tony

[ozdell]

Hi Tony, You've got the fuselage color just right on that 700. I used to watch trains rolling through Missoula, Montana headed west with several carloads of these uncompleted birds on their way to Boeing in Everett Washington for final assembly. Wish I had taken photos.....might have been helpful to your efforts. Rick H.

HI Rick, yeah H ave seen a couple of different green coloured 737 fuselages, don'y see the longer trains with just the fuselages, there is a video of them unloading the fuselages in fast motion I will see if I can track it down.

Tony

[Mini Me]

Hi Tony, The CFM-56 is the Turbine (high bypass) engine used on the Boeing 737. Sorry for the confusion. Rick H.

[ozdell]

Hi Tony, The CFM-56 is the Turbine (high bypass) engine used on the Boeing 737. Sorry for the confusion. Rick H.

Hi Rick H, no worried that give me an idea to add containers that have the jet engines in them, unusual Boeing build there own engines.

Tony

[Mini Me]

Hi Tony, Boeing usually got their engines from Pratt Whitney or General Electric for their large transport aircraft. In the case of the 737-300, they chose to go with a Hi Bypass Fan engine, rather than the conventional turbine like on the 100 and 200 series aircraft. These were provided by SNECMA, a European consortium and were a vast improvement over previous performance and allowed them to continue growing the airframe in length as the engines were so powerful on the 300 series they had to be derated to keep from over stressing the pylons they were mounted on. Rick H.

[ozdell]

Hi Tony, Boeing usually got their engines from Pratt Whitney or General Electric for their large transport aircraft. In the case of the 737-300, they chose to go with a Hi Bypass Fan engine, rather than the conventional turbine like on the 100 and 200 series aircraft. These were provided by SNECMA, a European consortium and were a vast improvement over previous performance and allowed them to continue growing the airframe in length as the engines were so powerful on the 300 series they had to be derated to keep from over stressing the pylons they were mounted on. Rick H.

Hi Rick, I couldn't find much about what engines Boeing used and how they transported, but they did have special wagons that could of transported the engines for the 737 as other parts,, they don't use the tail container anymore either, would make a fairly long train indeed with six fuselages.

Tony

[Mini Me]

Hi Tony, of all the trains I saw passing through Missoula, I don't remember seeing any with more than six.....usually in a row... but most of the time just two to four assemblies and most of the time they were positioned near the "Head end" of the train. Rick H.

[ozdell]

Hi Tony, of all the trains I saw passing through Missoula, I don't remember seeing any with more than six.....usually in a row... but most of the time just two to four assemblies and most of the time they were positioned near the "Head end" of the train. Rick H.

HI Rick, yeah Boring probably after that big derailment losing all those fuselages in the creek insurance bill would of being high .

I like long trains will have 6 fuselages be having a couple of 757's as well.

Tony

[Mini Me]

Ah yes, the 757......Boeings first "fly by wire" bird if I remember correctly.........seems so long ago. Rick H.

[ozdell]

Ah yes, the 757......Boeings first "fly by wire" bird if I remember correctly.........seems so long ago. Rick H.

Yeah the 757 fuselage came in three sections , can't post the pics as they have copy right on them bugger, got one of the front section and middle section of the 757, longer aircraft, 767 was too wide.. Tony