Trackwork
24" Radius Rerailer Track
Just wondering, has anyone tried making a 24" radius curved rerailer out of those multiple commercial 18" inchers,....maybe cut little slits in the inner curve of the plastic and spread it apart just a bit. Then replace the rail itself with good quality nickle silver if necessary.
I may give this a try as I have 2 spots at the entrance to my staging yards where I would like to have such an item,...and I have a number of those old 18" inchers to experiment with.
Rusty Rail Color pen and more for one dollar
Now that got your attention, huh ? Yesterday at my local Dollar Store I came across a set of 8 permanent markers made by a company named Jot. They have a nice point and the brown pen works well for coloring the side of the rail and maybe a few individual ties. I'm going back for some more.
Middle School Model Railroad: a kink
I noticed an ugly curve in my trackwork the other day and made a mental note to improve it at some point. I was surprised that I would have put it in that way, but my memory isn’t very good and perhaps I was rushing it.
Then yesterday I was looking for a photo to illustrate student activity on the model railroad and happened across one that I took last year, indicating that the track originally had a more reasonable curve that had apparently moved considerably.
Finishing the Crossover install
I got the crossover completely installed over the past couple days.
https://northcountrytrains.wordpress.com/2020/10/17/installing-the-crossover-on-the-adklc/
Passenger and self propelled passenger cars on a 42" radius
I am looking forward to tearing up this curve that used to connect to another module and replacing it with a 42" radius.
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I wanted to get an idea of how my cars would look like on a 42" radius so I got out a piece of Peco code 70 flex track to take a look.
The Oil Electric doesn't look that bad on it.
Handmade #6 Turnout made from scrap and a Template
Hello everyone!!
well i got bored .... let mme back up a bit
i had to have knee surgery and have been reoup'n over the last week and lucky to say i have been able to hobble into my Layout room and once again start working ... well kinda
i have always wanted to try my luck at hand laying track . well i dove in feet first.. (metaphorically speaking... just had knee surgery remember).. I did not have any actual cross ties , spikes, or rail... or did i??
Some Recent Modeling
I've been doing some modeling work recently. You can read all about it here, or my most recent posts are below:
https://northcountrytrains.wordpress.com/2020/10/01/rebuilding-a-module-on-the-adklc-part-2/
Track Nailing Tool
Does anyone have knowledge of and/or experience with track nailing tool? ...possible different tools, and usability??
I'm looking at laying track on both cork roadbed, and in some cases no roadbed on top of 3/4 plywood.
I had been considering (and still am) adhesive caulking products,...but I'm not so sure about their 'accuracy and time to cure' properties, ....and all the weighting needed.
Painting track work...
Started the mammoth task of painting all the ties tonight...
Starting out with a couple of quick coats of the Rustoleum - Earth Brown, and then finished off with the air brush with some highlights of roof brown to simulate some light rust.
(manual) Control of Crossovers,...doubles & singles
Control of Crossovers,...doubles & singles
Exploring ideas for 'powering-up' crossover turnouts. Of course many of us would be well aware of our use of a double crossover on our layout planning (it just stands out), ….but perhaps less aware of the number of single crossovers we have designed into the plan. That was one thing I recently discovered while looking into controlling my turnouts,...I have a lot more crossovers than I originally recognized.
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