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Wow, that was awesome. Of course it makes my layout look dull and potato like.

Thanks Thank you for all of your help everyone. I will try using the S-Curve above and S-Curve below and see what happens. I will post new pictures once I have tried some stuff.

Well that is the main crux...the I have tried the piers at several different angles, but at most angles, to the raised tracks can't meet the bridge. To have the tracks meet the bridge, it limits how I have the bridge placed, and ergo, the piers are placed. As can be seen in the picture, the...

I got me some rocks Well I have been rather busy of late, making rocks. Since I am not allowed to buy anything (bday coming up) I have been making tonnes of rocks, for when the scenery starts getting done. Some came out really really well, and some didn't but it was a learning experience...

Hey all...it's Raistlin, the anti-handyman needing some bridge help. Here is the situation. I have a 4% grade going up to 3 inches high, to a gap where I plan to put a bridge. The bridge will connect to the other side which is also three inches high. The bridge that i have is a 9 inch...

Hey Wimpy. Do you have any S-Curves in your layout? I just discovered today that this was the cause of all my derailments. I am hardly an expert, and I hope I don't come off as condescending, cuz i sure don't mean to be.

I made some rocks out of plaster for my cliff faces and 'sticking out of the ground' rocks. Then painted them, and sealed them. I will post pictures of them later in my Double J&B Railroad thread.

Love those TH&B pics. That is the kind of engine I want to get eventually! Thanks for sharing. Raistlin

Way cool That is way cool Don. One never knows when aliens wil strike!

Updates to the railroad Hello all. I have been working feverently (well no, not really) on the Double J&B and thought I would post a few pix of my progress. What I did was created a tunnel, and the portals. Ok so its not anything huge, but for me its a big deal. The first image is the...

Yes they are. These specific ones are the 4% grade...but I am only using the first 3 inches of the risers because my bridge 'legs' are only 3 inches high.

What, no mention of Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne, or Spanish Train by Chris DeBurgh? I am shocked...

Double J&B Railroad open for business Well I finally got my new layout started. There still is a lot of work to do before I will start building the scenery and start on the roadbed, and i am still experimenting with what looks good. Attached are a few pix from it. The engine is a Hudson J1E...

Awesome! Thanks for the information. I feel more evil plans forming haha.

It does take the turns well. On a simple elongated circle. haha. I am building the layout more complicated now with a bridge, and some turnouts. I haven't got it complete yet, but it did go fine on the 18" curves in my initial tests.

HI there. I am running an HO scale setup, with 18" radius curves, and was wondering what the maximum scaled size of rolling stock I can use without derailments. I have some 40' and 50' and they are fine, but I don't want to buy any bigger yet until I know how big I can safely get. Also, as...

Update Well I have done some updates, but I ran out of track :cry: . I will be going back to the hobby shop after work, picking up what i need (and I am sure other stuff too haha) and adding to the design that Kris helped to draw out. I will post some pictures later. I am so very excited...

Thank you very much everyone (especially Kris) for the great advice, and layout ideas. Also thanks for the warnings against the steam engine and passenger setup issues with my 18" radius track. I still have so much to learn, but having a great time doing it.

Hi Andrew...well I am not sure what you mean by siding...I assume you mean 'things alongside the track'. Yes I only have the one small station so far. I plan on two 'themes'. in the right loop I want to make an industrial area. I saw a nice oil well model, some coal filler type stuff etc...

Yes it is HO Scale and the table is 8x4 feet.