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MRH Author 160 posts lineswestfan MRH Author 160 posts
lineswestfan

Got some tracks glued down in Lynn Junction.  Test car sees them as smooth.  Need to drop feeders now to see if an engine will move.   Peco turnouts, mix of Peco and Atlas flex track.   Two inches of pink foam on a slightly padded 34" HCD.

Getting the tracks at the bottom of the photo cut to the right length was a pain; i think that crossover at the bottom right moved a good inch towards the top of the photo as I kept having to trim ends of the straight tracks straight and in the correct relative positions.  The tracks from the bottom curved turnout were less troublesome, so I guess my skill improved a little.  But even then I had to do it twice...

Top curve off to the left is south is the mainline to a mythical San Francisco.  Top right spur will end at a turntable.  Switchback on the left accesses town spots and a team track will be next to the main tracks.  Curve to the left at the bottom is the mainline to a mythical Portland.  Stub at the bottom right will be another curve to the left as a branch line heading west to the coast, terminating at a mythical place called Lynnsport  (Yeah, yeah, it should curve right, but my flat earth doesn't allow for that )

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Richard Kurschner
Superintendent, Lynnsport & Eastern
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Rich S Regular poster 310 posts
Rich S

Bravo.....

Well done 
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ctxmf74 Super User 15,951 posts
ctxmf74

Looks very smooth, good start.

Cutting rail to length gets easier with experience. Sometimes it's easiest to start at one end and work toward the other end, or start in the middle and work out both directions, other times it's easier to lay all the turnouts then fit the tracks in between them( it comes down to how critical the placement of the turnouts are). If fitting a piece of rail between two turnouts or installed sections of track I bend it to shape and fit one end into it's rail joiners first,then mark and cut the other end a bit long at first then retest it in it's desired position and do the final small cut or maybe just file off a bit if the first cut was pretty close. Using an ultra fine sharpie the cuts can be marked pretty accurately. I remove one of two ties at the ends so the rail joiners can be slid into place then replace the ties after the rails are fitted. The rail joiners can be cut shorter with a jeweler's saw so fewer ties need to be removed...DaveB

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jeffshultz MRH Staff 7,979 posts
jeffshultz

Photo link

Richard,

Looks like your photo link goes to Facebook. It isn't showing up for me in your post, but I can view it separately:

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Modeling a fictional GWI shortline combining three separate areas into one freelance-ish railroad.
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lineswestfan MRH Author 160 posts
lineswestfan

Sigh. Try it now

Thanks for the alert Jeff.  I've replaced it.  I'd swear I had uploaded it to the server, not just linked it...

Richard Kurschner
Superintendent, Lynnsport & Eastern
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