Track Details

[K.V.Div]

Here is an interesting detail for the prototypicly minded modelers among us.
The picture shows a fishplate, which is used to join two peices of rail together.
Note that this one is specially designed to join two different sizes of rail together, in this case, a length of 85 pound rail to a length of 100 pound rail.
It would be interesting if anyone has modeled this sort of thing.

Terry

 

[60103]

Terry: most of us are content just to get the rails together; never mind details!
Survey question: How many bolts in a fishplate? ans which way do they face?
(This is an international question. I'll give my own viewpoint later.)

 

[Ralph]

Hmmmmmm, vaguely recall an ad years ago for commercially made fishplates...don't know if it was in O scale or what. Now N scale fishplates would really be something!
Ralph

 

[Matthyro]

I would only go for fishplates if I was modeling G scale. Couldn't even see ones in N. They would have to be thin enough to fit in under the track head.

 

[Sir_Prize]

Wouldn't the soldered power leads look like that?
That little bit of wire on the outside of the rail, with
perhaps just a touch on the inside not ground
down.

Just a thought.