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 Posted - March 13 2007 : 8:22:05 PM
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Here's an update on my new layout...
Put down the cork roadbed and got the ovals and two spurs completed today. You'll see that this Atlas 4x8 plan appears to have swelled a bit...I had to add the shelf on one end. Don't know how that happend, but it did...
Next the freight yard and the turntable roundhouse area. Right now I got the loops done, so I can run trains the next few days. I work tomorrow through Friday and I wanted to have it done enough so I could enjoy running trains in the morning before leaving for work.
More To Come...
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 Posted - March 13 2007 : 8:33:45 PM
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| Is that a gnome I see on the floor next to the power outlet?[:D]
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Posted - March 13 2007 : 8:47:13 PM
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quote:Is that a gnome I see on the floor next to the power outlet?[:D]
Originally posted by ptgolf - March 13 2007 : 7:33:45 PM
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Yes, that is a gnome...he's not 1/87th however. [;)]
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Posted - March 14 2007 : 12:24:51 AM
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How bizarre! I'm assuming you followed the track plan to the letter?
You're not the only one to encounter mysterious "track bloat". When I laid out the track for my pike, following the plans for the Red Wing Division, I found that the tracks were all way too close to the edge of the table. Like not even a half centimeter in some cases, let alone enough space for the edge scenery as photographed in MR.
SO I centered it all as best I could and then framed the edge of the table all-around, with 1x2's. That gave me some breathing room for derailments and a nice scenic buffer. But to this day I still can't figure out how everything was so tight.
Unless a 4x8 isn't 4x8 anymore... but then I measured it... *confusion headasplode*
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Posted - March 14 2007 : 12:27:17 AM
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Talk about doing it in (a) Snap... brass even(?)... shikers!
The Cork Roadbed... the older 1/4 inch stuff or the newer 3/8 stuff?
The switches... Snap switches or the "Mark" models?
Curious and impressed.
John
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Posted - March 14 2007 : 12:08:25 PM
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quote:How bizarre! I'm assuming you followed the track plan to the letter?
You're not the only one to encounter mysterious "track bloat". When I laid out the track for my pike, following the plans for the Red Wing Division, I found that the tracks were all way too close to the edge of the table. Like not even a half centimeter in some cases, let alone enough space for the edge scenery as photographed in MR.
SO I centered it all as best I could and then framed the edge of the table all-around, with 1x2's. That gave me some breathing room for derailments and a nice scenic buffer. But to this day I still can't figure out how everything was so tight.
Unless a 4x8 isn't 4x8 anymore... but then I measured it... *confusion headasplode*
Originally posted by GoingInCirclez - March 13 2007 : 11:24:51 PM
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You'd think I must be too far in on the opposite side, but it's hanging over there too a bit! Like you did, I plan to build a frame around the sides to give it at least some breathing room.
Also plan to measure my 4x8 plywood again...not that it matters much now.
Here's the general operational plan at present...I can juggle three trains in any direction thanks to DCC control. In the pic below, you'll see what I was running this morning...and Amtrak passenger train and a pair of freights. The layout has double loops and this end has the siding loop, so I can rotate the three trains around. Also have a pair of ATSF locos sitting there on the spur track that can be used to swap out the motive power on the trains running. Working Great So Far...
Next up the freight yard and then the turntable roundhouse area.
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Posted - March 14 2007 : 12:12:28 PM
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quote:Talk about doing it in (a) Snap... brass even(?)... shikers!
The Cork Roadbed... the older 1/4 inch stuff or the newer 3/8 stuff?
The switches... Snap switches or the "Mark" models?
Curious and impressed.
John
Originally posted by zebrails - March 13 2007 : 11:27:17 PM
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The track is all Atlas Snap Track. The switches are a combination of the Snap Track #4's and the Mark Series #6's. All switches will be remote control. The track does kinda look like brass in the pics, but I didn't go that far back...it's Atlas Code 100 Nickel Silver.
Regarding the cork roadbed, I don't know exactly its measurement. It's Midwest Products 3' Strips (#3013). I picked up a case of it Saturday and looks like I will just need all 25 sections.
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Posted - March 14 2007 : 1:45:11 PM
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| Tony, I notice your Union Station poster in the picture. I took the kids to Great Wolfe Lodge 2 years ago over Christmas break. My friend took us to Jack Stacks (SP) to eat ribs (What a great train watching spot) and than we went over to Union Station and took a look at the layout they had set-up. I took an Amtrak train out of there back in 1991 before the restoration and it was a scary place back than waiting for the train at midnight!
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