Trackwork
"Boulder Ridge" Free-moN Module (2'x6')
So it begins.
Never built a layout, never even ran an engine on a layout. Don't know a whole lot about nothing and much about some.
After several years of reading, searching and nail biting for the opportunity to have my own fairytale world where I could manipulate the caricatures and play God in sculpting a perfect landscape, I hit paydirt; N scale Free-moN.
Favorite switch machine (or special mounting technique) for shallow benchwork
A portion of my layout is going to have fairly shallow benchwork, shallow enough that the standard method of mounting a Tortoise won't conceal them completely. What alternatives, either machine of choice or mounting technique, would folks recommend?
Mike
How Railroad Tracks Really Work (video)
Thought that this was worth sharing. :)
http://trainfanatics.com/3d-animation-railroad-tracks-really-work/
The Gauntlet
An interesting article in my latest issue of the Nickel Plate Road Magazine on Interlocking Rules showed a sidebar piece that included a diagram. Part of that diagram showed a bridge/gauntlet arrangement with an interlocking tower on the approach.
This brought up several questions in my mind. Does anyone make a gauntlet track? (I run Code 83) Can one be made using a combination of flex/straight/switch frogs without having to have an engineering degree? Does anyone have one on their layout and experience in this type of trackwork?
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We have changed our numbering scheme for fishplates & jointbars to accommodate more varieties and to enable us to use the same number for different arrangements of the same plate. This change has left us with some stock that is now incorrectly labelled, and we're blowing them out!
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Cheers!
- Bill
Design Question - Curves Within An Industry
Because I'm only using a 12 x 12 space in my basement, I've decided to make the layout a pure switching layout. Basically, a single industry covers the entire layout. I will have staging tracks at one end, with a small section of "main line" leading into the actual industry.
Which track gets which wire on a wye?
Image from www.wiringfordcc.com
A previous post covered gap placement and reversers for a wye on my layout that has a similar config to the image below.
My question is: Does it matter what wire, red/black, goes to which rail in the wye tail below? I have gaps where shown and an auto-reverser to hook up. I think I can just pick a rail for the red and black and the AR will handle the reversing when needed.
Thanks.
Charles
Bridging Bufkin's Bayou
Model South Louisiana and you almost have to have a creosote pile bridge somewhere. I decided to put on in between the Baton Rouge KCS Yard and the Exxon North Baton Rouge Refinery. There are a couple of smaller pile bridges along that route in real life, but this will eventually be a full blown bayou, complete with cypress trees and Spanish moss. And, cause I'm just that guy, it's named for my good friend Robert Bufkin (and old Navy man) who insisted in rather salty language that I needed a D__n Bayou on my layout somewhere.
Is P:48 worth it?
My modest modern fleet consists mostly of Atlas 2R equipment and I have a few modules completed. It is now time to decide, before the layout is built, continue in 5 ft gauge or switch to P:48.
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