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That's awesome! I'm thoroughly impressed. Does this solve a section of your track plan that you couldn't solve with standard track ?
It could be solved for about $400 by buying Ross switches. I don't have that kind of budget. Tubular is cheap. It can be hacked, soldered, and bent to whatever you need.
This is a #60 trolley. Worst case for contact
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Looks like you don't have any dead spots. That's pretty cool. Gotta admit, I never thought about just building my own fancy tracks.
It's a little involved. I use 1/4" steel plate cut for the frogs. They are cut with a death wheel by hand. The points are ground with a death wheel from 1/4" key stock. Buy it in 12" lengths in bulk. Drill and tap for 6/32 thread screws to attach to small drilled steel plates soldered to the rails. I use hardwood for all critical ties. I cut and bend copper "U" staples that are drilled through the ties with a dremel and then soldered to hold gauge alignment. A fixed wheelset confirms the gauge before soldering. No limitations for fitting the space or track spacing. Custom built for the location. I built a custom rail bending jig for 027 track to increase the radius on a ceiling layout.
