Looking to mount track to the wall - Help

[Anonymous]

I'd like to make a wall mounted train track for my Marklin Maxi trains to go around my office walls (9.25' ceiling so there is plenty of room above the door). My goal is to have a loop (or maybe 2) that run around the upper part of the wall above the door. The track would mostly be for display purposes but I'd really like to have it also be functional for the times when I want to play [:D]

I'm looking for a source for the wall mounts. Is there any company that sells track supports that are designed to be wall mounted?

[icepuck]

pick up an issue of GRR magazine and look at the ads. Theres a couple different companies that sell different types of wall/ceiling mounts.hope this helps.

[Kiwi Down Under]

melensdad
Contact your local electrical warehouse. They use the brackets and trays to hold wires in.

Tony

[Anonymous]

My shelf railway, although it is just a straight run with an automatic reversing system, uses standard brackets and lumber that I got a home improvement store. The background is a border I found in a wallpaper store. Later I added cork roadbed, originally intended to be a bulletin board, also found at the home improvement store.

The shelf is waist high and runs under the window.

Regards,

Bill C.
South Jersey

[Capt Bob Johnson]

As high on the wall as he wants to go, he needs something he can see through, and, i might suggest, something that will not collect too much dust! (I'd rather play with the train than spend my time on a ladder dusting it!)

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Capt Bob Johnson

something that will not collect too much dust! (I'd rather play with the train than spend my time on a ladder dusting it!)

[B)] Hmmm . . . I had not really thought of that problem. Any suggestions on dust shields? Or designs that don't retain much dust? That would be a problem to deal with.

[Anonymous]

I mounted my G-Scale on the wall above the door in a 12X12 TV room of the house. I used 1X6's and used 1/2 plywood for the corners. I laid my curved sections of track on the playwood and marked for the curverature, then cut it out. I got all four corners from a 4X8 sheet. Once mounted in the corners, I connected them with the 1X6's with one piece board. All supported with wooden shelf brackets approximately every 4 feet. Also used small "L" brackets screwed to the surface of the boards and into the wall studs. Then used screen door trim, soaked in water and bent it to follow the concave curve of the plywood to finish off the front face.

Very simple and cheap. I didn't have a dust problem, these trains are designed to run outside anyway. Didn't need any plexiglass either, I saw the train fine.

dan