Does anyone make a n scale code 80 bridge track? Just the track - no bridge. I have been unable to locate any source. I know that code 55 exists but I would prefer code 80 if I can find it.
Paul D
N scale Washita and Santa Fe RailroadSouthern Oklahoma circa late 70's
This is an HO technique, but there's no reason why it shouldn't work in :160 scale.
Take a piece of flex, cut all the under-rail links between ties and push the ties together - bridge ties are normally four inches apart. Then install Code 55 guard rails by gluing them to the ties. To simulate the extra length of bridge ties, insert a nine scale foot wooden tie every two inches or so and run a scale 6x6 timber just inside the flex track tie ends. Adding the stub tie ends that aren't there should only be done on the clearly visible side.
Just checked my poster of tripleheaded 2-8-2s on a deck girder viaduct. The ties are standard length, but spaced closer than track in ballast. The guard rails are much lighter than the running rals and are only spiked every 4th - 5th tie. Instead of a longitudinal timber outside the ties there is a narrow metal strap about half way from the rails to the tie ends. The bridge has a walkway, but it's level with the bottoms of the girders, not the rails. As usual, the girders are painted oxide red - it's a Japanese bridge.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - in twice-N, 1:80 scale)
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