New beginnings

Jasper said:
What? No one commented on the dual gauge track?
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Just looked at this thread and noticed the what I imagine is a bit of Gauge 3 track, we have 6 yards here home made by nailing another rail to my Peco yards. Used as a test track for my gauge 3 faffing, the actual portable layout will be 4 feet shorter!image.jpg
 
Jasper said:
Great source of misunderstandings here: Britain calls 2.5" track Gauge 3, while we call it Spoor 2. :rofl:
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Oh 2.5” is as close to 63.5mm as it is possible to get, live n learn. I think some use this gauge as Gauge2 with a slightly different scale, model railways and scales never straightforward in UK.
 
I'd mocked up some duel-gauge track plans at one time. I wonder where they are. I forget why I wanted to do it though. The concept and details fascinate me though. Turnouts are a challenge, but it'd be a fun one!
 
dunnyrail said:
Oh 2.5” is as close to 63.5mm as it is possible to get, live n learn. I think some use this gauge as Gauge2 with a slightly different scale, model railways and scales never straightforward in UK.
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Seems there was a change in nomenclature in 1909 (if our friends at Wikipedia are to be believed) . . .

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Cheers

David
 
Unfortunately I've had to remove the plank with the post-and-chain fence that visually defined the North side. It was severely bent due to a construction error. Things look rather bare now. :oops:

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But as always, Tina and Tim don't mind.

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Today the R0 track (422 mm radius) from Modellbau Heyn arrived. The sleepers are separate parts that click on and off. It makes for an interesting look, as no two pieces of track are the same. But sleepers will quite easily fall off so you need to fully support the track, as opposed to what I did here.

Also, this ain't LGB. Don't drop your track on a tiled floor from a metre high as this will break the sleepers. (I already broke 3 of the 15.)

That said, I'm happy with this product. Here's a trial run I did.


The short train takes the tight curve like nothing at all. Other stock will be tested later. Oh, and if you thought a buffer stop wasn't spotted in time, you'd be right.
 
I want a Wye, because I think it's cool to have one. It will help emphasize that the trams collect their current from the overhead.

So I've been working out where one will fit, and I found I can build one here in Hazel Corner. It uses only R1 curves, no R0 curves, which means every vehicle that can use the tramway can use the Wye. (Vehicles that cannot use R1s are categorically banned from my tramway.)

Now to buy more points...

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Jasper said:
I want a Wye, because I think it's cool to have one. It will help emphasize that the trams collect their current from the overhead.

So I've been working out where one will fit, and I found I can build one here in Hazel Corner. It uses only R1 curves, no R0 curves, which means every vehicle that can use the tramway can use the Wye. (Vehicles that cannot use R1s are categorically banned from my tramway.)

Now to buy more points...

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It's a shame LGB, or PIKO, don't make a Y point....
 
Jasper said:
I want a Wye, because I think it's cool to have one. It will help emphasize that the trams collect their current from the overhead.

So I've been working out where one will fit, and I found I can build one here in Hazel Corner. It uses only R1 curves, no R0 curves, which means every vehicle that can use the tramway can use the Wye. (Vehicles that cannot use R1s are categorically banned from my tramway.)

Now to buy more points...

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I've been following the development of your railway with interest, but, you've lost me here. What was the need for using R0 curves to begin with and are you now replacing the R0 curve with the wye without the R0? (You announced that the R0 curves had arrived and showed them in place, but I think that was the only mention of them.) Or is the wye in a different location altogether?
 
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FatherMcD said:
I've been following the development of your railway with interest, but, you've lost me here. What was the need for using R0 curves to begin with and are you now replacing the R0 curve with the wye without the R0? (You announced that the R0 curves had arrived and showed them in place, but I think that was the only mention of them.) Or is the wye in a different location altogether?
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It is in fact the same location, you spotted that correctly. When I made the video that shows the R0 curves, I had laid them there temporarily because it happened to be a convenient place for filming.

The "need" for R0 curves is just that they're available, and I was curious and wanted to try them so I bought a few.

And now I think I've decided on a track alignment for that section. It includes the wye, more or less as shown, and some R0s will also be used. Of course, this comes with the caveat that plans can change. :)

Thanks for asking, and thanks for following the development of my line!
 
Jasper said:
I want a Wye, because I think it's cool to have one. It will help emphasize that the trams collect their current from the overhead.

So I've been working out where one will fit, and I found I can build one here in Hazel Corner. It uses only R1 curves, no R0 curves, which means every vehicle that can use the tramway can use the Wye. (Vehicles that cannot use R1s are categorically banned from my tramway.)

Now to buy more points...

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That brought back memories - I had this on my first line in 2007 and may well be adding one again to the 2025 extension :) That will be simpler to include, now I don't use track power,

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I think my wye is a little larger:

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