Since I got the bonus room upstairs for my layout and man cave, my wife got the den downstairs to use as an office and library. She had a number of built in bookshelves put in, which are wide enough for display of her ceramic Christmas houses. She also wanted a train running in front of said houses and I bought her a Bachmann Durango & Silverton HO set. She wanted the D&S since we rode it on our honymoon. I'm wondering what I should use for track. Should I use Atlas flex track or Bachmann EZ-Track? There won't be any turnouts on this layout.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
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For her purposes I'd think one of the nicer brands of pre-fab track with integral roadbed, be it Bachmann or Kato or whatever (not the cheapest LifeLike trainset stuff) would be the way to go. Its overall ease of construction and wiring, self supporting nature, solid stability, and the nice neat and clean appearance might keep the honeymoon going -- and that is the prime directive.
Dave Nelson
If you go wiyh the Bachmann, be sure youuse the NS & not the steel track. You could spray the The whole thing white to represent snow & use thinner to clean the rail heads.
For a shelf layout would the track be a dogbone narrowed at the center? Is there enough space for the return loops at each end? Inside the loops would be plently of space for quite a few structures for the Christmas villiage. If it has to be a straight shelf only, use a reverser, kind of boring having a train run back and forth on a single track though.
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Ok, granted, a train rinning back and forth isn't exciting, but this isn't the OP's layout, just something to add atmosphere to the Christmas village. Use a reverse, otherwise you need a 36" shelf (30 if you go with a 15"radius). Even in N scale, a return loop would be too big for the average shelf.
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bogp40 For a shelf layout would the track be a dogbone narrowed at the center? Is there enough space for the return loops at each end? Inside the loops would be plently of space for quite a few structures for the Christmas villiage. If it has to be a straight shelf only, use a reverser, kind of boring having a train run back and forth on a single track though.
actually the shelf runs around the perimeter of the room including a bridge over the doorway. So the layout will be a full circle as opposed to a doggone. Thanks for the I put on the track.