... Joe, you could be right with sectional track, but with flex track I must disagree! Code 100 is not prototypical. I've mixed code 83, code 70 and code 55 (I...
... disagree! Wolfgang, Danka shein for responding! I've spent a lot of time on your website and admire your sound equipped 44 tonner! The 'Scale Rails'...
... Yes, the wheels accumulate a lot of gunk if you are using plastic wheels. We included wheel cleaning on our cyclic maintenance list. After we banned...
... At the Prototype Modeler's Seminar in Naperville last week I saw some REAL 1mm LEDs used to make a three-color target signal. All three LEDs fit in the...
Joe, The reason you can't buy a rail joiner that mates DIFFERENT varieties of commercial track and rail sizes is because there is no such thing. All that...
... No plastic wheels here because of block detection. However, I've noticed that certain metal wheels accumulate more dirt than others. Kadee wheels seem to...
... Dear Joe, there are experts and then there are experts. You are correct in your approach if what you want is "plug and play". Preferences are always just...
I've got my staging yard in place and operating now but there is one liability I'm still concerned about. The tail end of my 5 track staging yard is downgrade....
I have two large stub-ended staging yards. Not only do I have miniature black-and-white, security type cameras connected to a 5" monitor for the crew to...
Jim Duncan
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Nov 1, 2007 3:24 pm
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On my layout, I've got a soft foam packing tidbit at the end of my switching lead (the end is hidden). On other staging tracks, I've got some of the soft...
I use packing foam glued to wooden blocks. The only thing to be careful of is ramming a loco into it and leaving it there, it tends to mess up Kadees if the ...
The far end of all tracks in both of my staging yards is coverd with a good-sized piece of soft foam (I salvaged it from Atlas Gold loco boxes). The foam also...
... Besides a soft buffer, what about a steep ascending grade? -- Wolfgang -- Westport Terminal RR We can switch it, day by day - just in time - and safe Come...
... varieties of ... That's not entirely true ... Atlas sells the Code 83 to code 100 transition rail joiners and I've found you can use them to also join code...
Foam stops as mentioned by others are a good idea for the errant and I use it on the blind tail of a drill track. Heres another trick along the same line- The...
Yes, but those are designed for Atlas to Atlas. If the ties are the same thickness on other manufacturers track, then that's fortunate, but hardly guaranteed....
... varieties of ... Snip Andy, I know about the TOP of the rail, and I know of several work arounds each with their own liabilities. But I found myself with...
... David, You are correct, plug and play is what I am after. Like I said earlier, Greeley layout in all its code 100 splendor is more than adequate for my...
Peco also makes a code 75 to 100 transition joiner. I never thought of trying them on the code 55 to 75 transitions, but I'll try it now - great idea!...
I have attached a piece of foam rubber at the end of such tracks. I attach it with decking/drywall screws on either side of the track (not the middle) so that...
Without wishing to be labeled an armchair expert, but even while still sitting down, ;) I can see that the height difference is 0.020" between code 55 and code...
... Andy: The Atlas transition joiners are adjustable, and I would assume the Peco transition joiners are adjustable as well. Since these things are stamped...
... Inbound or outbound? If inbound, no sweat, if OUTBOUND, I'd be sure that I had an engine on the downhill side for braking purposes! Here's a thought: Get a...
Jim Duncan
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Nov 1, 2007 5:19 pm
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Actually, the Peco transition joiners are plastic - with a deeper seat for the code 100, and a much smaller, higher seat for the code 75. ... - Steven RGS...
The prototype typically calls their "rail joiners" angle bars and those made for joining two different rail sections "compromise joints." These are forged so...
