Skip to main content

Replies sorted oldest to newest

To help you out a bit, if I recall, the distance from the base of my FasTrack to the door base on the subway car was 5.4-5.5 centimeters, which according to a calculator works out to about 2-2/16 inches.  I'm thinking of doing the same thing you're doing.  I can verify the height when I get home from work provided that you haven't received the answer prior to then.

For high level platforms, I've always used 1-1/2" thick lumber for the base (a piece of a 2x2) topped with a piece of luan plywood which is just under another 1/4" in height.

Not perfect, but easy and not bad looking.

This is for Gargraves track with no roadbed. For Fastrack you would have to add some height for the plastic base.

l 003

l 001

l 002

l 004

Jim

Attachments

Images (4)
  • l  003
  • l  001
  • l  002
  • l  004
Last edited by Jim Policastro

Thanks, Kevin.

It sounds like adding another layer of 1/4" plywood between the luan and the 2x2 would just about do it for a Fastrack layout.

One thing I found out was that clearances are critical when there are high-level platforms on both sides of the track.

If I made the path between platforms wide enough for steam engines or big diesels, it looked terrible with the passenger cars and riders would have to jump across a two foot gap to get on the cars!!!

That is why I made mine a stub end terminal where I could keep the clearances tight and have all trains back in except on the outside tracks.

Jim

Add Reply

Post

OGR Publishing, Inc., 1310 Eastside Centre Ct, Ste 6, Mountain Home, AR 72653
800-980-OGRR (6477)
www.ogaugerr.com

×
×
×
×
Link copied to your clipboard.
×
×