Trackwork

Leo Starrenburg's picture

Checking Track Cant Transition with an EGO cam

Thu, 2012-10-04 04:47 — Leo Starrenburg

While laying the track trough the wall to the staging area I found my On30 K27 got stuck on the same spot.

Couldn't see what was going on until I made a short video with my EGO mini aka 'sports' cam mounted on a flat car:

 

Trackwork rethink -- an interim update

Sun, 2012-09-30 06:15 — GLatiak

It has been a few weeks since my last update. SInce then I have been re-examining questionable trackwork on the second level of the BQR and pulled a bunch of it. The back to back turnouts that caused the original problem with my Canadian cars has been replaced with a single turnout and some long, smooth curves going through a custom curved diamond. Recognizing that what was done was a really bad idea, more than a few hours were spent running trains in my head through the area until a better plan emerged. A problem that folks who model prototypes don't have to the same degree...

Kasie on the Bethlehem Branch

Fri, 2012-09-28 14:59 — maddoxdy

I've gotten to a good point. I've got 9 whole feet of track down. Two six foot staging tracks, a switch, and a three foot tail. I've been working on the electrical the past couple of weeks. BTW, this is all DC, for now. The three sections are divided into blocks controlled from a temporary panel. I've got a couple of LEDs to indicate the turnout position.

The next two things I'm going to work on are playing around with the Ir Tx/Rx LEDs to display whether the turnout is fouled from either the two legs.

Long Haired David's picture

Hope over expectations

Thu, 2012-09-27 03:18 — Long Haired David

You know when you are cutting corners - well I do - and I was definitely cutting corners when aligning the track across the two boards. I knew what I should be doing but thought 'well, I know it is a bit fragile, so I will go carefully'. Some chance of that - inside two days the ends of the track on both boards were so mashed that running trains across was impossible and no amount of straightening would solve the problem.

This is an example:
 

NJ International Phol Low Design Switch Stand

Fri, 2012-09-21 16:26 — dnapper

I'm looking at these for possible use on my layout (modern era).  I've searched but don't see any instructions or sample installations out on the web.  Does anyone have these installed on their layout?  Could they share how the operate?  Vendor description states that the handle is fixed but that the target rotates.

Thanks.

David

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Pictures of your ballasted track

Fri, 2012-09-21 04:53 — Bob Langer

I am currently laying the ballast. I was not happy with the results and started to pester Woodland Scenics. Then it occurred to me that maybe my results were comparable to that of others. There is a feature to Easy Model Railroad Inventory that allows me to save pictures on my hard drive and another to save links to videos and pictures on the internet.

So I started going through them, looking only at the track and ballast. Looking at mine from the side it looks great, As did almost all the photos and videos. The ballast looked for the most part level, and smooth,

cylindrical track gauges

Fri, 2012-09-21 04:44 — Visitor

Has anyone come across cylindrical track gauges?

I saw these some years ago, but have lost the links to them if they are still being made.

 

Thanks,

George


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