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track agggrrrhhhhhh
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My third and fourth (current) layout were both laid with code 83 Atlas rail and Walthers switches. MR ran an article about <b>bullit proofing </b> track. when you lay a curve be sure that it is the same radius all the way around. Buy a Ribbonrail track gage and use it to lay your curves. TALK TO YOUR HOBBY SHOP WORKER. One of the mistakes newbies make is to buy everythinbg from the mail order dealer and then they have no one to guide them through the tough spots. When I lay a couple of switches I make sure that thay work right before I move on to some more track. When laying thack spend a lot of time checking the gage, even on flex-track. <br /> <br />The July 2004 MR had an article called "How to Lay Track Perfectly", just forget about the superelevated part as that's not a job for a newbie. <br /> <br />If you take your time it'll work well and then you will enjoy running trains and not get frustrated with the derailments. Derailments are caused by trucks or track, use you NMRA gage to find out which is at fault. If several cars derail at the same place it's probably the track, if one truck keeps derailing it could be the truck. <br /> <br />First a formost <b>DON'T SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU BUY TRACK AND SWITCHES </b> buy good supplies and it makes it easier down the road. <br /> <br />If you want to e-mail me I'm available at teffy@pernet.net <br /> <br />Where is Sachse Texas I live just south of Beaumont. <br /> <br />Have a good day <br />Bob
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