Newby Chemicals is a facing siding that is shared by a second facing siding to a team track open freight platform.  Also there is a grain terminal facing with two tracks (5 car capacity).  There is also a trailing siding which goes into a lumber yard.  Newby Chemicals provides loading and unloading for a variety of products.  Four tanks are modelled in the facility though there are pipes leading off the layout.  Two of the tanks are for Chlorine (Cl) and two for Sulphur (S).

 Ok, so maybe I am doing something wrong here...  I've built a few #6 FT turnouts, and they work beautifully when I hold them in the air.  There is no binding and the points throw with ease.  When I spike them to the homabed or homasote and hook them up to my Tortoise (.32 throw wire), the points stick in both directions.  I know that the Tort is positioned correctly because I have a jig that I put together.

Has anyone else run in to this problem?  If so, what did you do to correct it?

Thanks,

Ryan

Hello everyone,

When Coalfinger Ken was over with the NCIOG group he was running his steam engine on the layout and discovered a REALLY bad track area on the uphill side of the plate girder bridge. Notice below that there is a big gap between the bottom of the level and the rail.