Re: Telltale construction

Michael Valinis wrote:
> I would like to build a few telltales as warnings at tunnel approaches
> on my layout.  Now comes the (I hope not too dumb) question.  What is
> the hanging part of the telltale made of?  Pictures of model telltales
> that I have seen are ambiguous at best, and the few prototype photos
> I've seen are so blurry and distant that they are useless for my
> purposes.  I would think that lengths of rope would be the most
> logical material, but I thought I'd ask before doing something very
> unrealistic.  Thanks in advance for any replies.

    Another question, which I have not seen mentioned in any of the 
replies yet: How far ahead of a low clearance object would a telltale be 
placed?

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