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I'm doing it on my home layout. One end of the layout with the passing siding has 0138/0128/0120. On the other end of the layout, the curves are 080-072-080 and 089-080-089. Just playing with a modern 16" boxcar, you can see the car roll into the curve. 

 

I used 1/4" x 1/16" basswood strips glued to the outer edge of wood Gargraves ties. It produces a scale 2.5 degree super elevation. 

 

Gilly

Originally Posted by PAUL ROMANO:

Are the curved tracks on your layout or your club's layout "super elevated?"

All of the former corner modules from the old IHMD layout have super elevation.  This was accomplished by taking 14 gauge wire and placing it on the edge of the ties about 10 degrees into each end of the curve. 

 

Works well. 

 

Here is a video. 

 

 

Regards,

Jerry

 

Originally Posted by rboatertoo:

I was thinking about doing evated but now I am considering dropping the table to get the evated look. It seem to be the trend. 

I believe that you have misunderstood exactly what the term "super elevated curves" is all about. It has nothing to due with "elevating the layout". In order to allow faster passenger train speeds through curved track, the real railroads raised the outer portions of curved track, i.e. referred to as "super elevation". Once the vast majority of railroads got out of the fast passenger train business, the "super elevation" on curves was pretty much eliminated, mainly because it increased the drag resistance on long heavy freight trains.

 

Look carefully at the video posted above, by gnnpnut, and you will see how the train leans inward on the curve. In actual practice on model railroads it looks really nice, but it is extremely important to have a nice long transition area into and out of the super elevated curve.

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