Trackwork

Slow and steady

I have not made a lot of progress on the railroad of late but did get some additional brick work laid this weekend. Very delicate trying to fit the bricks between the rails in turnouts but with some patience and a very sharp xacto blade it eventually comes together.

Bridge track on through truss?

I have some ME "bridge" track (basically: closer tie spacing than standard mainline track, and includes the extra rail to make a guard rail). I know that trestles use this kind of track, and deck bridges generally. Would the same be true of a through truss bridge?

 

Dead section of track why???

Ok having an issue that is really stumping me as to why.  You see I have a double track figure 8 with a Kato double cross over to make things interesting.  Anyways everything was working fine up until I started to build the southwest mountain in one portion of the loop.  I have all the track soldered and have since gone back and cleaned any paint over spray that might have been there.  For some reason there is one section of the track that is dead as a door nail.  No power nothing.

HO Code 70 #5 Turnouts (where to buy?)

Hi, I did a search and only came up nothing. I am looking for code 70 #5 turnouts and a couple curved turnouts. Searching online I only found Cream City turnouts tha makes them, he does them custom and they look good. Has anyone had experience with Cream City Turnouts? Anyone know of someone else that builds them? Any info helps-

Thanks,

Martin

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SMA24 – Working Scale Dynamometer Car Recording: Drawbar Pull, Track Voltage, Speed, Distance, & More

Model railroaders may know of prototype dynamometer cars, used by railroads to evaluate the effectiveness of newly designed motive power, particularly in the days when railroads designed and built their own. They were especially known for their measurement of drawbar pull – the pulling force at the coupler (and hence the ability to move tonnage over the rails).
 
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Search for the "perfect tie" followup

This is a follow up post in my quest to find a realistic as possible approach to replicating old, weather-worn ties on the Milan branch. Please forgive me for repeating the first two steps, but I believe I’ve got results that are worth sharing. 

Finish for Hand-Laying Track

 

hey there, I'm building my first HO layout with handlaid track for real (I did some experiments about 20 years ago, but they're not going to count). I have a number of questions that I don't have good answers for yet.

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Frog construction with juicer

I’m handlaying my track and would like input from other modelers who do the same and have used Tam Valley frog juicers. 

I like the look of the frog / wing rails where they aren’t filled with solder and flange grooves cut with a hack saw blade. I think the open look is much more appealing. Since I need to isolate the frog area and am using TV juicers, I’m curious how other modelers who’ve hand laid open have wired for the juicer. 

Builders in Scale 1001 SM-1 SwitchMaster Switch Machine

Hi I purchased a Builders In Scale 1001 SM-1 SwitchMaster Switch Machine.  It is a stall motor type  and I need to mount it on a Free-Mo Module that has to be operated from both sides of the module.  Since this is a Junction module it needs to be as flawless as possible or easily repaired on the spot.  So the best I can figure is to wire in pair of 3 way electrical switches on the facial one on each side, but is that the best way?

Dan in MD

Help on Track Operations

Hi All

I'm in need of some support and possibly some remedy to a problem I am having. Perhaps some of you have encountered the same issue.

THE ISSUE:

I have 2 Athearn SD40-2's 6 wheel HO Locomotives. I cant seem to get them to stay on the track when entering an HO Atlas Code 83 #563 Wye Turnout (7 51/64 inch). The wye is constructed with a 22 inch radius turn.

Also the loco's derail on the upon entering 2 HO Walther's Code 83 # 8827 #6 Curved Turnouts (12 25/32 inch)


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