Toy train operating and collecting

swarthy--->first off .

Since a milk platform would be on a siding, why not use a fastrak switch to run a spur line to your accessory. Then you can use an adaptor track to run a piece of tubular track to your platform.

Hello swarthmoredoc,

You need to get you a nice steak knife or something similar that will cut plastic and slice off the little things that keep the outer pices on. There are 2 on each side of the section, I believe. When you try to fit it into the platform, you will see the little piece thats not falling in. Just cut it off, it wont hurt anything, there are 3 more to keep the sides on.

Hope this helps.

swarthmoredoc,

It's "been there, done that" at this site:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lionel_FasTrack_System/

Wouldn't this be a solution?

http://lionel.com/Products/ProductFinder/ProductDetail.cfm?ProductNumber=6-12054&expandBranch=0&Keywords=12054&CategoryID=&RailLineID=&CatalogId=

The website does not specify this, but ballast on each side is removable. 

LS1Heli

I  was referring to the milk platform when I said I used the activator and transition pieces.  If you would have not been so quick to fire off a worthless snappy remark you would have realized I meant when I install the corral I would do it differently than the milk platform. 

Before they came out with the activator track with removable sides, I removed the base from my milk platform, and replaced it with a much smaller wood base.

Swarthmoredoc, Do you live in Swarthmore, PA? If so, I'm a few minutes away. I live near the Moylan/Rose Valley train station. Joe