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Re: SCLTC FRRD 2005 Photos
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lugnet.trains.org.scltc
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Wed, 11 May 2005 18:11:54 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Jason Spears wrote:
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Interesting. How much rework would you have to do, with the switches and
curves? MichLTC is looking at ballasting right now and it seems like a LOT of
permeatations would have to be prepared. Or rework before an event.
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The jury is out, of course, since this is the first time we have done
ballasting. My feeling is that we will be able to reuse quite a bit even with
big changes. The primary reason we used ballast this time is because we wanted a
big meandering layout so we could enjoy running the trains with our first DCC
setup. Getting the big layout meant putting down a lot of track. We think plain
track on baseplates doesn’t look very good - or at least it looks just out of
the box with no imagination. Adding all that ballast, however, changed
everything.
Two things not shown in the ballast photos:
- We put 2 x 8 (new) light gray plates under the tracks between the ties (there’s nothing under the ties). These plates support the track and hide the green baseplate.
- We used a ton of 1 x 1 light grey tiles under the curves and switches. Why 1 x 1’s? PAB at LLCA had a lot of them.
One issue with ballast is that it’s easy to remove the track, but not so easy to
put it back down. If the baseplate is off the table, it’s pretty easy because
one can flex the baseplate. If the baseplate is on the table, it’s easier to
remove the plates that get in the way than to fuss and fidget until the track
fits back in place.
-Ted
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 | | Re: SCLTC FRRD 2005 Photos - ballast
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| (...) I've been using the bags of grey and dark grey plates, where one bag does either one straight plus one curve or one switch. This one is plain grey: (URL) This one is an experiment in adding tan 1x1s to change the colour of the track bed, (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC FRRD 2005 Photos
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| (...) Interesting. How much rework would you have to do, with the switches and curves? MichLTC is looking at ballasting right now and it seems like a LOT of permeatations would have to be prepared. Or rework before an event. (...) Oh, I guess I (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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