Leveling track

[phillyreading]

Not that concerned with keeping my track level except at switches because it may leed to derailments.

Lee Fritz

[FJ and G]

Buckeye,

BB takes care of grading the ballast.

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Sturgeon-Phish

You all may of thought of this before, but I've not heard of it, tried it and it works great. I got a circle bubble level (less than $2 at Lowes) and placed it on a flatcar. As I manually pushed the flatcar around the track I could readily see the the places where I needed to true up the track. It was a lot easier than using a torpedo level and quicker. Just thought I'd share.
Jim

Jim, that is an excellent idea, but I think the real use may be on a Garden RR where each spring one must do some grade adjust ments due to frost, moisture, varmits, etc.
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[cnw1995]

Oh, I see, Jim. I had some of that too! So the track is uneven in such a way to cause the rolling stock to 'wobble'? I've made small shims using coffee stirrers to fit under the ties.

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Not so much grade but side to side. I've used vinylbed roadbed and it is spongy, so when securing track it can tricky to keep it level side to side.
Jim

[cnw1995]

Man, I like uneven tracks - makes it more fun to jockey the throttle. [:)]

[FJ and G]

One of the joys of the hobby is discovery and learning new stuff. Glad to see you've solved a problem. (Guess grades are not an option for your layout?)

[Sturgeon-Phish]

You all may of thought of this before, but I've not heard of it, tried it and it works great. I got a circle bubble level (less than $2 at Lowes) and placed it on a flatcar. As I manually pushed the flatcar around the track I could readily see the the places where I needed to true up the track. It was a lot easier than using a torpedo level and quicker. Just thought I'd share.
Jim