I used code 83 and all turnouts are solid rail with soldering directly
to PC ties(for throwbars). I've had all the track up now for 4 years,
and I do several "mini" operating sessions each week. I've had one rail
pop loose, which was like Jim Martin, a bad soldering job. I doesn't
take but a few minutes to resolder the joint. That was probably about
three+ years ago, and it hasn't broken since.
Our club, the Houston S gaugers, uses handlaid code 100, also solid rail
with soldered throwbars. I've been with the club for over 5 years now
and we do 3 to 5 shows a year, and the modules are stored in a non-A/Ced
storage unit. Not a single one has broken since I'vebeen with the club.
The modules were built in the late 1980s.
I will use this same method again for a future layout.
- Peter.
On 10/05/2013 5:26 pm, meldri...@lincolnglen.org wrote:
Time for a final (?) decision. Should I solder the point rails to the
throwbar, or solder a tab to the rails and put a screw through the tab
into the throwbar? I'm most curious to hear from people that solder
the rails to the throwbar. Fill in the blanks: In ____ years of
operating them I've had _____ solder joints come apart.
-Michael Eldridge
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