Trackwork
Trackplan From Paper To Plywood
What methods do you fellows use for getting your track plans from the many pages of a computer printout to the plywood table top?
Do you; tape the sheets in place, glue them, pin them or have you another way you prefer?
Once sorted, organized and fastened in place, I thought I would use a pounce wheel to trace the plan onto the plywood. Any better ideas, pitfalls to beware of, or tips to make it go better?
Any ideas or suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Cheers!
Anyone know where to get Peco "replacement springs" in the US?
Arrghh! While doing some trackwork yesterday, I noticed one of my HO code 75 Peco turnouts was malfunctioning. When I tried to fix it I dislodged the center spring even worse. I managed to pry up the tabs and remove the spring cover and even to keep the spring from flying away. That is until tonight when I attempted to repair the turnout.
Substitute for Micro Engineering Rail Joiners
Our local "N" scale club is committed to Micro Engineering flex track and turnouts. Mainline track is code 70, the balance code 55. All joiners will be soldered.
ME code 55 joiners have become very difficult to source. What other manufacturers rail joiners have users successfully used for Micro Engineering Code 55 and Code 70 rail?
What were the advantages and/or disadvantages over ME joiners?
Thanks
Steve Raiford
Bye Bye to the Northern California Consolidated
Well, this is the beginning of the blog to track my progress of an N-scale endeavor.
Three road names of Western Pacific, Southern Pacific and Santa Fe.
As you can see the pics show the layout as a round the room...the duck under was low enough that my dear wife whacked her head three times in a row in less than a 5 minute time span, no joke. So I, yes I, decided to move it, because it was built to move, to the garage for a while.
Rock and Roll - Fast Tracks Tilt Table.
I have been looking for this video clip for some time and it finally surfaced! When this was in use there weren't too many digital video cameras around, so very little video of it operating exists. Back in 2006, in preparation for the National Train Show in Philadelphia, we wanted to build a unique item to demonstrate trackwork built with our tools.
Older Atlas Turnouts
To anybody out there I have quite a few older atlas large turnouts that have never been
Shinohara H0n3
I'm in the planning stage of my H0n3 empire (ahum, a man can dream, right?) and looking around for track. I'm still not sure what to use. It looks like Shinohara is the only track available over here. Is it recommended or should I stay away from it?
Regards,
Rob
Turnout Radius
Is there a source that provides the radius for various turnouts? Specifically I am looking for specs on the Atlas N Code 55 turnouts. Thanks
Code55 track and turnouts
I am starting a small steam layout where my workbench and paint booth is located. Will code 55 rail work reliably with RP25 wheels? Does anyone make buildup code55 turnouts? Any suggestions?
Thanks
Bill Wehmeier
Free-moN Staging Yard - 16"x10'
It was showtime at the Hiller.
Silicon Valley Free-moN had our modules set up and trains running only to find...
ONLY ONE PASSING SIDING ON THE WHOLE LAYOUT????
We had over a week of show and the ability to run only two trains at a time?
What would happen next Sunday when the whole group showed up and wanted to run trains?
Draw straws?
Stand in line?
Something had to be done!
So I built (most of) a staging yard in (most of) a week.
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