Trackwork

Installed -Tri-County CO-OP Control Panel with Programming Track

Tue, 2021-09-14 11:57 — Roger Litwiller

Just completed installation of the control panel with programming track for the Tri-County CO-OP on my layout, the Trenton Subdivision in N Scale.

Strange Peco Turnout

Mon, 2021-09-13 17:47 — railandsail

Recently posted turnout photo on another forum,....

that turnout photo you posted,...where did you get it, or identify it??

It does not appear to have the same contact tabs as many of the older ones?

And, is this some sort of new tab,..... sticking off the end of that point rail?, ....or perhaps some sort of optical illusion?

Gaps in curves without kinks?

Sat, 2021-09-11 12:51 — lineswestfan

Trackwork

I have a curve and I need a gap in it. I want to keep the industrial area off of the main line detection circuit.

The radius between the two turnouts is not close enough to a commercial curve, so I'm using flextrack (the radius about 16" in N scale). I tried using insulated joiners at either end, but they don't hold the curve. Either the track pops out or there is a kink at the joint. So I soldered the joints and now I have to cut gaps somewhere in the result.

The Shortest (Model) Run-around...?

Wed, 2021-09-08 06:01 — Prof_Klyzlr

Dear MRHers,

OK, here's one for the "can conceptualise in isolation" layout designer, trackplanner,
and specifically the "trackplanning for operations" modellers...

Roadbed and a Name Change

Mon, 2021-09-06 15:40 — Nate

I've had some free time over the past couple weekends and made some progress on the layout. The foam is in it's basic shape, glued, and painted. Today I was able to get the roadbed glued down for the main and runaround as well as the transitions to the spurs. I just need to get the transitions sanded and paint the roadbed and then I will be ready to lay track!

Tie Material

Sun, 2021-09-05 06:56 — Jackh

I have 2 old drafting boards. Both are made of some sort of soft wood with a metal rim on them. They were looking for a new home within my own house and while carrying then around it occurred to me that I have seen these at garage sales and in what are called locally antique malls. That's where folks can rent a space around 8x8 and sell their stuff.

My thought concerning these boards, is they could make a pretty good source for making your own ties if you had a way to cut them up.

Jack

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IAIS's 4th Sub - Layout tour

Sat, 2021-09-04 07:53 — IAISfan

Now that the stained ties make it easier to see the tracks, I thought I'd do a quick drone tour to show how everything fits together on the new layout. Photos to follow in the first reply, but here's the layout plan again to help make sense of it all.

hand laying On30 gauntlet track with curves and riseing up on grades

Tue, 2021-08-31 14:45 — harrys_trains

hello all i am looking to do some hand laid gauntlet track for an On30 layout something like this. am thinking of using a gauntlet track. i know i have to hand lay this but i have no idea of what i will need as in gauges and the like