Ontario, O Gauge Club. Pics, YouTube.

Looks great.  The club I belong to runs three tracks as well.

Lower Susquehanna Valley Modular Railroaders

http://www.lsvmrailroaders.org/

Our website is a little out of date unfortunately but we are pretty active.  We have a setup coming up next month at a pediatric center and are currently working a set up at the Pennsylvania RR museum.  The museum set up is always fun becasue we set up right in between rows of locomotives.

Its great to see another club, especially on the runs 3 main lines.  thanks for posting your info.

Really wish there was a club closer to me. Not a single O gauge club in the state to my knowledge.

Guess I should Make one, eh?

Nice looking display JHZ. I enjoyed your website. The web adds a whole new way of sharing our layouts and collections.

JohnP_Toronto

www.triplerailmodelers.com

Thanks JohnP.  So much has changed since the website was uploaded you'd barely recognize the layout sections now.  Everything has 3 tracks and depending on the setup there even a wye section to set up an internal yard.  If I ever get a break from working out of town I'm going to build some 45 degree corner modules so we are not always building a box-shaped layout.  Right now my personal module gets decorated with Lego buildings.  The kids always get a kick outof that.

Question - does your club even worry about noise control?  We've found that the demands of moving the modules around requires the track to be screwed down hard.  We use 1/4" plywood strips under the track instead of foam now.  Otherwise we are constantly repairing the modules.

JHZ

Thanks JohnP.  So much has changed since the website was uploaded you'd barely recognize the layout sections now.  Everything has 3 tracks and depending on the setup there even a wye section to set up an internal yard.  If I ever get a break from working out of town I'm going to build some 45 degree corner modules so we are not always building a box-shaped layout.  Right now my personal module gets decorated with Lego buildings.  The kids always get a kick outof that.

Question - does your club even worry about noise control?  We've found that the demands of moving the modules around requires the track to be screwed down hard.  We use 1/4" plywood strips under the track instead of foam now.  Otherwise we are constantly repairing the modules.

JHZ

Hi JHZ:

I also operate trains on the Triple Rail Modelers' (3RM) Layout with John P and have been quite involved with the table construction. It is great our layout clubs have so much in common.

We manage noise conctrol by laying the gragrave track on 1/2 inch thick ceiling tile.

(Armstrong is one brand name) Pilot holes are then drilled through the track ties and #4 by 1" pan head meatal srew is used to secure the track through the ceiling tile and to the 1/2 inch plywood table top below.

Our original tables have been in sevice for nine years and the odd screw needs to be tighten and two have been removed and replaced in an ajoining track tie to use a different hole in the plywood.

The ceiling tile edges are cut at 45 degree angle before installation and balasted after. This provides the track with 1/2 high road bed. Check out the 3RM Youtube video on our web page www.triplerailmodelers.com/.

I trust this will answer your question.

Cheers,

Rob Young