Trackwork
Layout Update: Mid October 2015
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been working on finishing the installation of the two remaining sidings (Paradigm siding & Morris Stock Feed Yard) and placing/annotating the track feeders for the Paradigm section. The bus wire for this power district (Main Level PD #2) was made, marked with two yellow strips of tape every 5 feet (give or take), and run through the pre-drilled holes along the back wall from the east helix to the power cabinet under the window.
need help solving a problem with my layout
ok so last year the wife surprised me with loads of train track for xmas sadly its life like power loc. so i have a standard oval set up with some turn outs and i have a problem, the layout is on a 4.5x6.5 board and 2 whole dies are up against walls due to limited space so part of the board is in a corner. now on to the problem
N Peco switches Atlas switches???
My son is moving away from HO (not enough space) to N Scale that he had once before, he would like to use Atlas code 55 track and switches as opposed to PECO code 55 . Peco has a built in spring for the switches Atlas does not what are people using to keep the point blades in place , he cant afford switch machines etc.
track as a model vs. bulletproof operations HO
So, the Toma idea is motivating me to leap out of my recliner and build a 2 section LDE as a way to both enjoy hands on modeling and test ideas for a larger layout. Eventually my bigger layout will be prototype operations oriented Electrified GN Cascade Division 1955. I've been collecting a lot of brass and researching the prototype with the GNRHS for many years to that end. (NCE)
3D ... Preview Goes Review
Hi all,
a few weeks ago, in various forums I posted a first glimpse at my latest 3D-prints :)
Then came a rehab, and a vacation - together with one or another surprise ... so it took a little longer until I could take the photos and write down some words.
After testing the first items I found two worth printing, and sharing with other 0-scale narrow gaugers.
So these are available from Shapeways:
Installing a Bridge
I'm coming up on a first in my layout construction: installation of the first bridge. I'll be installing a Central Valley 72' plate girder bridge and I've got a few questions about the installation.
Do you normally secure the bridge to the abutments or let it "float" beneath the track (simply sitting on the abutments with the track itself holding it in place).
Hindsight is always 20/20
Like the old saying goes. After trying to run some of the new rolling stock I came to the conclusion that the street inside the rails was too thick. Its right up against the inside of the rails causing the cars to constantly derail. So 2 choices. Tear up whats there and replace it with .05 or .10 styrene or carefully remove the inner portion and cut it narrower so it sits down against the molded in spikes. That was less expensive and easier to do. So this morning was spent reworking that.
Quiet track--Ground foam as ballast?
I know the subject of building quiet track has been knocked around a lot over the years but I've never seen any discussion of the feasibility of using ground foam rubber (if you could find the right colors) as ballast. Would this work with a matte medium adhesive to build track with a less rigid (and hopefully quieter) ballast shell? Would some other form of rubber (or any other soft material you can think of) be a better substitute (not sure if the cell structure of foam would be too difficult to glue down even using "wet" adhesive)? Just trying to think of
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