Trackwork
Ballast Color
Does anyone know what the original color was for the Monon (CIL) railroad ballast which ran through Indiana from Chicago, IL to Louisville,KY?
Joining HO Peco Code 83 and ME Code 70
Among the new US Track line products from Peco is the SL-115 HO Transition Track for Code 83 -Code 70. As most of my turnouts are Peco US Code 83 (the Code 70 turnouts are now just appearing in US hobby stores) and I like using ME Code 70 for sidings and 1950's yard trackage, I purchased a package of 4 of the new transition sections.
Note that the SL-115 contains a short piece of wire visible from the underside of the track piece soldered to the code 70 and 83 pieces to maintain electrical continuity through the transition.
Book Recommendations
I would like to get a book for my brother for Christmas. In the past he is prone to:
New Peco Code 70 Turnouts-First Look
The new Peco Unifrog Code 70 left and right turnouts arrived last week, but I was able to unbox and set them on a temporary 2 X 6 test layout until yesterday. None of the track is fastened down.
This is the right hand, the left is behind it. trackage at foot of turnout is ME Code 70 with ME rail joiners. First track to left is Peco Code 70 and behind that Peco Code 83.
Dream Layout.
Hey guys. I am working on designing my dream home, and my dream layout at the same time. I'm conflicted on many aspects of the design and what all I want on the layout. The room is a little over 8000 Sq Ft. Yes I know, it's very large. It is going to be in the basement of the house. I want to incorporate a lot of different of scenes, industries and other things. My plan is to have two decks that are connected with no helixes. The bottom deck will be at 30" and the top deck at 60". A few other things.
What's on Your Workbench - December 2021
Is it really December? Let's see your latest layout and workbench projects! Share your notes and photos on this forum thread.
Eric
Eric Hansmann
Contributing Editor, Model Railroad Hobbyist
Follow along with my railroad modeling:
http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/
Super Elevation on HO curves
If I used blue masking tape to create super elevation, how many layers would be needed for HO?
Atlas flex track revisions
Here is a comparison of the rail profile of code 83 from a few years back:
You can see the Atls code 83 has a lousy profile.
I ordered a couple boxes of Atlas code 100 for staging, where appearance isn't important. There were some IMO major improvements in the newer revised Atlas code 100. I'll see if I can get some comparison photo's shortly.
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