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    Bridge Track

    I found these at Micro-Mark. Is this what you are talking about? http://www.micromark.com/micro-spikes,10398.html I can easily trim the spikes so that they do not protrude below the bridge deck, I expect. I would make a hole in the balsa with a complete one, then glue in a trimmed one. I need...
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    Bridge Track

    This is true. I bought a section, but was disappointed to find that it is of a fixed length and (perhaps unsurprisingly) will not bend to a curve. I needed it for curved trestles. It's a lovely piece of track, but unfortunately I cannot use it. The bridge track section is Walthers 948-899
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    Bridge Track

    Bill - I am in the process of doing this on my standard gauge HO layout, where I have two trestles on a curve. In both cases, I have flex track crossing the trestle, with the standard plastic ties leading to the bridge on either end. The trestle itself is fitted with balsa wood ties spaced...
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    Railroad model shopping on railroad stations

    Do you mean where are railroad stations that have model railroad vendors? If so, I know of one in the station for the Santa Fe Southern Railway: http://www.sfsr.com
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    Layout progress photos for SFJ

    Well, I am not exceptionally tall -- about 6 ft even. And, yes, at normal tabletop height, it is almost too much of a stretch to get to the center of the layout. Certainly too much of a stretch to get there and do anything useful. But, yes, being able to lower the layout makes all the...
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    Layout progress photos for SFJ

    Another thread bump. The layout has come a long way, and is now functional, as far as running trains is concerned. The electrical work is essentially complete. I was supposed to make a wiring diagram for future reference, but that will be nearly as tedious as all the soldering, which has...
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    New layout plan

    I don't think it maters much exactly how you build this, unless you are thinking of moving it in sections some day. My only thought is to do 8-ft sections around the room, so that you can stick with 8-ft lumber and keep costs down. but the cost differential is probably not enough to make much...
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    Anybody found mailboxes in Walthers Catlg?

    Here's another set, available at Walthers: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3535 There's a mailbox in there.
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    Shinohara or pico turnouts

    Huh. I don't know what you are referring to. On my turnouts, the power to the points comes through the short rail joiners that act as hinges -- at least in the stock version. That's what I beefed up with connector wires under the rails. But I don't know what this wiper thing is that you...
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    Shinohara or pico turnouts

    Hey, planeshavings... I used Walthers Shinohara exclusively on my new layout, and had only one significant problem with them, which I have been told they fixed. It was an ubiquitous manufacturing defect: Nearly half of the under-tie electrical crossover connections (flat conductive metal bits...
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    HO Scale pedestrian bridge

    Hey -- You can't install that! I don't think that overpass is ADA-compatible.
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    Wiring for two cab control

    I got a PM from someone trying to add a new block of track to an existing layout, using two controllers. I'll post an answer here for the benefit of others: First, there is the consideration of whether or not you are using common rail wiring. I will assume for now that you are not. So, you have...
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    Wiring for two cab control

    I am having a lot of fun managing the block-wired DC layout I have built. The wiring was a big project, and the operations can be challenging, but it is part of the fun for me. So, I just finished (in October) the wiring of the layout, with 11 blocks, 4 cab controllers (two dual MRC...
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    questions

    My limited interaction with M B Klein (modeltrainstuff.com) was positive. I ordered one item from them, and it worked out with no trouble. So there's one data point for you. Now -- what is this about "upper level" and "lower level" on your planned layout?
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    runaway trains in yard

    I've got the same problem with my layout-on-a-lift. Leveling is bedeviling. :) I like the bristles solution!
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    Some progress at last

    That, or just mark a footprint for the structure with some masking tape. Then do you ballasting, and remove the tape -- all clean!
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    How do you make the Flageways in Crossings?

    Yup! I asked my dentist if she had any old dental picks and whatnot, and she was happy to hand over the ones that for whatever reason had been retired. AND - here's another great tip from the dentist: You know that blue or pink two-part mixed impression medium? If you've ever had a crown or...
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    Glueing Foam Board to Benchwork

    There is also a Liquid Nails product specifically for foam boards. It's more expensive than the "for Projects" stuff, and either one works fine.
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    Need some advice...

    You don't want the white "styrofoam" stuff -- that stuff is a pain. You want the pink or blue extruded polystyrene foam, used for sheathing. I expect the brittle green foam you found in the craft store is something for making flower arrangements. No good. I got lucky - my local home improvement...
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    FreeHand Easements

    Bezier curves seem to me to be the computational equivalent of the bent stick. There are the same constraints on continuity of at least a couple of derivatives, the matching of position and angle and radius (more derivatives) at the ends. Very cool. And it makes for a natural and pleasing curve...
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