Hi Bob; I didn't mean to rain on your parade, but we seemed to be really pushing the limits of worrying about a tiny increment in rail size. I use code 100, code 83 and code 70 flex track from Tomalco, so I do like the different rail sizes.
And I also agree with you on good flex track looking better than most hand-layed. If your prototype did not used tie-plates, or if someone uses modeled tie plates when hand laying, more power to them. But I don't find typical hand-layed track with the rails directly on the ties and one (oversize) spike every few ties as convincing. I have some track like that, but prefer the flex. The flex track does need painting to look good. Pieter E. Roos --- On Fri, 12/16/11, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I guess I'm sorry I > brought this up. I had picked up those > profiles, but never really paid much attention to > them. All I say at > this point is that I have a greater tendency to stumble > over rail in my > advancing years--I would swear it's higher than it used to > be! > > I also was trying to justify my railroad using #126 rail > for the > mainline. So if I use the Rock stuff as a guide, I'm > pretty darn > close. And indeed, my using #70 pretty much fits the > Milwaukee stuff too. > > When it comes to all the little detail things, like tie > plates and > especially all the bolts on the switch frogs--you do what > you can and > try to accomplish what is important to you. I made the > argument locally > that flex track is better looking then hand laid because of > the number > of spikes and the tie plates, but I was boo-hoo'ed. > Incidentally, I > have a photo of a chunk of wood used to shore up a joint > bar. On that > same section of track, there were new ties being > installed without tie > plates (late 80's). Also when they took out two > rotten ties they > sometimes replaced them with only one, laid > diagonally. That's branch > line, Milw style! > > As to the cars Pieter, suggests. I'll buy them iff'in > they come out--I > can't go beyond that. > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
