Train Shed Track

[beauty and the beast]

Greetings,

I have started working on building our railroad.  The first part I am building is an all weather train shed to keep the train in when not in use.  I am using some cement board siding for the base, I have mounted a 1" x 4" board on the bottom.  I am going to attach the track to the  board.  My question is how do I attach the track to the board?  Should I screw it down or use nails, or is there a better option out there?  One I get the train shed complete, then I can start laying the rest of the track.  The shed is more or less a storage place for the train and not an engine house.

 

Keep rolling,

 

Beauty and the Beast

[enginear]

Somebody else who's done this will probable post but while your waiting, I would screw it down myself. For any number of reasons, but in construction nails have greater sheer strength when necessary and maybe cheaper. Screws got every other advantage I can think of right now. I can't see any reason to need that much sheer so I'd go with screws.

[Camaro1967]

I screwed mine down. I don't want to be waving a hammer anywhere near that expensive track.

Paul (aka camaro1967) 

[spookytown rr]

Screws also are easy to get out if you need to change the track configuration in the future

 

[Great Western]

Hi B&B,  (couldn't see a name),

Make sure the screws are brass or other metal that will not corrode (dependant on whatever is available wherever you are).  As someone else mentioned you may want to alter things in the future.

[trainboy414]

make the shed look like a caboose.

[imrnjr]

I screwed mine down in the train barn, because I painted the floor heavily to extend the life of the wood and that made it very slick.  The track moved with temperature change and with the load of switching to the storage tracks off of the mainline. 

I use 1" common fine thread sheetrock screws (black) about every 3-4 feet and at the entry and exit of switches. They hide pretty well on the black ties of the Aristo track I use.

Good Luck

Mark