Hi Guys, In my BD (Before Donna) days, I built my first yard module starting in about 1990. It is 24" x 20 feet long, 19 turnouts and 8 tracks wide. It is entirely hand laid and was the black hole for time consumption. My thoughts back in the day were in I snagged a rail during transport I could repair it. I did have a Kadee spiker which was used throughout, but was a VERY persnickety beast. On good days you could do well with good progress. On bad days you wanted to throw the thing as far as possible. Perhaps the rail profiles were not the same as the machine was designed for making it misfire about 3 million times and not drive down tight. I had the code 100 parts installed using code 100 rail.
I swore that after it was done I would NEVER hand lay track again. I sold the Spiker about 5 years after the modules were done on eBay. They still bring a hefty price when you see them listed. I have noted that I am in the beginning of making a new yard module. This time I am using SHS flex for the mainlines and Tomalco code 100 for everything else. I guess when this yard is done I can say which I thought was better. I have not been previously involved in putting RTR S track down yet. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Winner of the 2007 Josh Seltzer NASG Website Award Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE (for now) http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1574 - Release Date: 7/25/2008 4:27 PM ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
