I don't have alot of room and to save space I came up with this loop mountain 3 feet wide with a 4 percent decline to get my train down from the bridge one foot high.
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I'm sorry, I wanted to put this under 'track over track' discussion. Can it be moved?
Really came out great and once the scenery was in place even better. Too bad though you did not have a bit more room for the grade. 4% is a steep grade which will limit the length of trains. The tighter the curves the more chance of cars tipping in on the curves. But still it's impressive............Paul
That looks really good. What's the radius of the curve?
Originally Posted by AZroads:
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I don't care what section it is in, that is sweet! Shows ingenuity and skills. Makes me embarrassed about admitting I still run them on the floor.
Originally Posted by suzukovich:
That looks really good. What's the radius of the curve?
I went with 48" curved track, so it was 48 inch diameter, not 36" like I was thinking. Best advice I got was to go with 48", it would have limited my train selection to go any smaller.
Originally Posted by paul 2:
4 degree was pushing it, but someone told me it would still be acceptable even to those modelers who are true to details like that. Best part is it is down hill, I think it would be a problem if I was going up.
Really came out great and once the scenery was in place even better. Too bad though you did not have a bit more room for the grade. 4% is a steep grade which will limit the length of trains. The tighter the curves the more chance of cars tipping in on the curves. But still it's impressive............Paul
Originally Posted by Pingman:
Thanks for the tip, I am still getting use to this and I am hooked on this forum. I am getting some real good ideas and I really don't have anyone else to ask here in Glendale AZ. Most of the shops are HO and I have to go all the way over to the other side of town for the only O store. We do have McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park but still a drive to the other side of town.
Originally Posted by AZroads:
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Originally Posted by illinoiscentral:
I don't care what section it is in, that is sweet! Shows ingenuity and skills. Makes me embarrassed about admitting I still run them on the floor.
Thank you, I am not done, I want to put a coal mine on top of the mountin, with the ON30 rail up there to my coal hopper. The coal hopper is from the '50 and I modified it a bit, but it still runs.
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Originally Posted by illinoiscentral:
I don't care what section it is in, that is sweet! Shows ingenuity and skills. Makes me embarrassed about admitting I still run them on the floor.
We all got to start somewhere. Here is the 1930-50 set my 80 year old Cousin gave me. I remember going to his house at Christmas and playing on the floor with it.
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AZ, your spiral decline inside a mountain is worth its own thread, IMHO. I read your second post before I looked at the photos in your first post. Had I seen the photos first, I probably would have asked you not to relocate it.
Very nice project well-executed.
Was your mountain 3' wide or was the track diameter 3' wide?
Originally Posted by rogerpete:
Was your mountain 3' wide or was the track diameter 3' wide?
the track is 4 feet wide to allow the use of Atlas 48" curved track. There is a straight section in there to allow the offset to pass under the upper track and exit the bottom. That was the tricky part. trying to keep the height and get the offset. The mountain is slightly bigger following the track.
