Kraydune

Hello all I am currently building a new ho layout I am using micro engineering code 83 flex and building my turnouts with fast tracks jig and tools, they take a little time to build but I am happy with the results so far. I have a 60 degree crossing in the plan and I am using an atlas code 83  60 is there anyway to make a train run smoother through the crossing, my engines and cars both bounce up going through it and I am not sure what to do to fix it or if it is fixable. Also are  walthers crossings any better.
Thanks for any info.

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Lee1234

There are two things you can

There are two things you can do to close the gap, they both employ gluing in shims.  1) Glue a  vertical shim to the side of the guard rail so that the shim extends into the frog area to make the gap narrower. 2) Glue a horizontal shim to the bottom of the frog so the wheels don't drop as much when they go through the frog.  

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DKRickman

Bouncing up?

If the equipment is bouncing up, have you looked to see if the flanges are bottoming out?  Double check the flangeway depth, and the size of your flanges.  I have some older non-RP-25 equipment which runs on it's flanges on code 70 track, and I used to have problems with solder filling the flangeways on my handlaid track before I started using a brass plate under the rails.

Ken Rickman

Danville & Western HO modeler and web historian

http://southern-railway.railfan.net/dw/

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Crusty Old Shellback

Also check the gauge.

Check and make sure the track spacing is in gauge. I've found some flex track and switches I have were a bit narrow and would cause the cars to "jump up" when going thru that section. Also check the wheels as well to make sure they are in gauge as well.

My arms got too short so I've switched to G scale. Old steam and early diesel are my choice of loco. Scratch built is better.

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