Layout maintenance

How do trains stay on the rails in a curved section of track?

I found this in a Popular Mechanics article that I happened upon on the Internet.

If you search YouTube for stable rollers you can get to the video directly again.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a25581/science-behind-train-trac...

I found it very interesting indeed.  For me, "Goes to show that you don't know what you don't know!"

Nick

Track Cleaning - Iron

I thought I would add a car to my track cleaning MOW train.  Currently the train has 3 cars with fine emery pads that polish the rail and a trailing car that has a felt pad to wipe off any grit and/or dust.  The new car would pull in anything metal that may be hiding in the ties.  I simply glued a steel weigh to an old car frame then just stuck some of those “Rare Earth” magnets on the underside.

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Weekly Photo Fun 4/28-5/4

I'll start the thread this week

Show 'em if you got'em............works in progress to finished projects.

Birdsboro & Reading ex-PRR N8 cabooses.

New workspace

Finally carved out a niche for my own work space. The tiny corner of my basement that I'd been using as my music room has a nice sunlit egress window that provides me light and somewhere to vent spray booth fumes, as well as nice ceiling recessed can lights for after dark. My wife decided to redo the corner of the family room that holds all her photography stuff, which made available a nicely sized piece of countertop with a backsplash. And the recent acquisition of a new bookshelf for the bedroom made two smaller bookshelves available as bases.

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No-Rail layout

A few photo's of a small No-Rail layout I`m building.

A frame made of 1/2" birch plywood and 2" pink foam.

Getting a rough idea as to what goes where.

Cut the first layer of foam by using a template that I made out of masking paper.

Lemonade from lemons

.After doing extensive scenery work I decided to vacuum the rails.  I always hate that even though I do have a small vacuum...the hose is too stiff and the rigid end is too long.  I seem to always hit at least one thing!

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Be Careful What You Wish For

You think you want a large layout with regular ops sessions? Beware - layouts need regular care, and ops sessions just make it hungrier. If you want a little taste of what it's like to give a model railroad the care and feeding it needs, check out my latest blog post. Hope you're able to stop by!

The Valley Local

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Michael Rose's LED Boards - All Remaining Boards: 30% off!!!

If you've been thinking about installing
Michael Rose's LED boards from PDC, Don't Wait!

All Remaining in stock boards are 30% off !!

*while supplies last - after that - it's special order, only.

Want to know more about these boards, check these threads and articles on MRH:

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Bachmann Alco S4 Wheels Out of Gauge

Hi All.  I'm looking for some advice and/or experience with a Bachmann Alco S4 Diesel.  I received one, complete with sound, for my birthday, and I'm delighted with the looks and speed performance.  I weathered it up and replaced the couplers, programmed it and put it into service.


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