E-Z Track layout

[lj8576]

Hello

I was wondering if you can build a layout with bridges and tunnels etc with Bachmann EZ track? Sorry if this is a stupid question but I am new to this. I am also still trying to figure out how to make benchwork for it. I have it on the carpet and I would rather have it on plywood or something so I am still trying to figure out what to do there.  Thanks a lot

Larry

[Bill54]

First Welcome to the forum lj8576.

There is no stupid questions but sometimes there are stupid answers.  Or as someone else said "The only stupid question is the one not asked".

To answer your question, yes you can build a layout with bridges and tunnels with Bachmann EZ track.  It's no different than standard track except that it already has the roadbed attached to the track. 

Bill

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Yes you can. My layout is all EZ-Track with the exception of one very short spur that dead-ends within 2 feet. On bridges you can either have the EZ-Track connect to regular track that goes across the bridge or run EZ-Track right across the bridge. On tunnels you must remember to factor in the height from the layout surface to railhead in your tunnel height equations or you could find yourself being caught up short (been there, done that) on some higher than normal cars and/or loads. Bridges and tunnels can be really devilish when it comes to things like crane cars.

[timbob]

Yes.  My layout is Bachmann E-Z track.  I think I might regret it because the curve radii are very limited.just my

 -tim

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Yes.  My layout is Bachmann E-Z track.  I think I might regret it because the curve radii are very limited.just my

 -tim

18" (What I have), 22", 33.25", 35.5".

[timbob]

hi,

I'm in N scale and 11 and 19 inch radii are the only radii avaliable.

-tim

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Ah, I see what you mean by limited. I'm in HO myself.

[selector]

I would urge you to try your hand at fashioning curves with flextrack that are more to your liking.  It isn't hard.  You will have to fiddle with some shims and such to get your rail heights to match between sections of one kind or another, but it isn't onerous, and you will be happy with the results and the experience in time.

Besides, isn't 19" in N a fairly generous curve, if stuck at that radius?

-Crandell

[gunkhead]

Bill54, EZ-track is a good choice. You can use tunnels and bridges with it, just make sure everything fits. I use it myself, and it makes wiring very simple indeed.

[twhite]

I ended up using the Bachmann wide-radius (36") EZ track on one portion of my Yuba River Sub, the Buttes and Yuba Pass, where the scenery drops right off to the garage floor by about 6'.  I'm in HO, so I did have to do some 'shimming' of the flex-track because of the additional height of the EZ track roadbed.  But the result was a very trouble-free section of operation over a pretty scary portion of the layout.  The EZ track has been in place for about 6 years now, and I've had no problems with it at all.  The reason I used the EZ track was that I was just not comfortable with curving flex-track and possibly having a kink occur in a dangerous spot because of expansion and contraction (I have an uninsulated garage layout). 

The section also has three bridges on it (2 Atlas, 1 Micro Engineering girder) and I had no trouble matching the track to the bridges. 

So for that particular portion, I'm very satisfied with the EZ track. 

Tom

 

[West Penn Nscale]

I have E-Z track and have had no problem adding Atals bridges,E-Z turnouts are not that great ... but within a year I have a nice size operating N scale layout .....I beleive ATALS also will have or does have a new snap track ......