Well, My main line is hand spiked 125 & 6, both ns & steel. Why? Well, I bought
what others were selling as cheap surplus and rationalized that a higher main
line rail would contrast well with code 100 sidings- and it does. On the other
hand, having run out of 125 (& years!) I'm now using code 100 flex track for my
large yard. It goes down fast but I can tell you it is a lot easier to ballast
ties before they have rail on rhem!
Chuck Porter
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Thompson
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Rail??
Dear Bob,
My layout was started before Tomalco code 100 flex track or
Shinahara switches. I wanted to model a branchline so I was not as
tied to code 100 rail. I followed the lead of Jerry Viemeister and
started with code 70 NS rail. Jerry's theory was smaller rail made
the trains stand out just a bit more. It cost less per foot to lay
and was much easier to file than code 100 for switches. On one siding
I now have code 55. I used the small Railcraft spikes every 4th tie.
Now when I look at my track work some 30 years later, I wonder how my
eyes allowed me to do such fine work.
Don
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