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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.

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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

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