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 Posted - July 02 2016 : 12:17:51 PM
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I finally got enough of my Eldon track collection together today,and decided to finally see what sort of layouts I could do with it. Having a circle is OK, but I thought combining the extreme short radius curves with others to create a different track scheme would be fun.
So , I swept off the top of the hot tub on the deck, and started laying out the Eldon ( and Fleischmann ) track. Fleischmann also has a tight radius ( 250mm ), I think number 6020 if you're looking for that, out of production a long time now, but enough to make a double-track line with the Eldon 7.5" radius. Sometime earlier this year I found a lot of Eldon track on Ebay and was able to score 3 sets ( 12 pieces ) of curved, and the same number I think of small straights. Plus I already had 2 sets, one is mounted on a black plastic party platter I've posted before as a mini-layout. I don't know where the other single set is at the moment. :/
Anyway, got to moving the tracks around, I could use it for either a trolley system or a small 2-axle locomotive short line. Thinking about for a trolley set-up, use the small Eldon 4.5" straights, and put a small town in the middle, would have 5 or 6 road crossovers. I just re-measured after looking at the pictures again, I will need to remove the center short straight to fit it onto a 2 x 4 sheet. But it is doable. Thinking now to make the scenery modular, too, so I can swap in the trolley town, or make it a small business district with a docksider or small Plymouth diesel hauling goods in and out. Either way, will be a long-term project. :)
The double loop would make a nice set-up, I could run passenger train on one line, and freight on the other. I have several of the Eldon #2 ? switches as well, so could put them into play to make a crossover angled across the center. More design work to play with. :)
Overall, lots of possibilities to explore with such short radius curves. Not meant for the "Big Boy(s)" at all! Only shortys need apply here. Now here are the pictures...
Jerry
" When life throws you bananas...it's easy to slip up"
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