Trackwork
Anyone have any experience with.......
...........Iowa Scaled Engineering's slow motion switch machines? They look to be a good product at a reasonable price.
http://www.iascaled.com/store/
Peter
Point Guard
Nope,, not Basketball.
I am in need of a switch point guard for at least one turnout that I am having a little trouble with derailments on. Primarily Budd Passenger cars are the issue, but is has also happened on some regular boxes and flats. I have checked the turnouts, Hand laid and everything is within guage.
Does anyone know if there is a manufacturer out there for these as a casting or is this something i will need to fabricate?
Richlawn RR V2 - Track laying started on the layout!
It's been a banner weekend for my layout and that I FINALLY started to lay some track - well actually the cork. I installed the three Tam Valley "Singled" turnout servos and starting installing the three turnouts. I had to be accurate in mounting everything as the servos and linkage went in first and have to align with the turnouts. It wasn't that difficult but it did take some time. In the picture below I highlighted the area (pay no attention to the mess in the dark area!) You can click on the picture to get a bigger view.
bullfrog turnout control
I am having trouble with my bullfrogs. I am mounting them about 2" under the road bed. (1" foam,1" top shelf of book case). I find the wire that throws the turnout is too 'springy' to throw me M.E. turnouts. Do I need a heavier wire or do I need to mount the bullfrog closer to the road bed? Thanks for your help
john
Peco Code83 turnout American style
Has anyone out there used Peco code 83 US style turnouts?
Why I ask is I would like to know how RP25 110 wheels go through the frogs - any wheel drop issues?
Pembroke II: North Section Ballast - One Step Forward?
I didn't quite get to the point where the Posse could start laying rail when they (in the form of Andrew, Julian being in transit, Jim being MIA and Chris being a thespian) descended upon my garage last night. Even so, we did have a productive evening of ballasting.
Using a Sonic Cleaner for cleaning older switches.
I have a collection of 100 Shinohara switches in a box. All have the aged/corrosion appearance to the rail, all are used and some still have some ballast attached between the rails.
With so many, can I drop those into a sonic cleaner to renew/polish? Has anyone done this?
Den
wiring the frog on Micro Engineering turnouts
I've been looking at how best to wire the frog on MicroEngineering code 70 turnouts/switches. They have a circular extension below the frog that you can solder the wire to, however it would be a butt joint for a wire which would not be very strong. Is drilling a hole for the wire to be soldered into the best option? Anyone have any experience or suggestions with this?
Marc Simpson
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