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Spacemouse - <br /> <br />* If you do build your grades..., an idea for the "bridge(s)": <br />Bachmann makes a constant-height trestle kit that works with roadbed track - EZ-track of course, but they claim will work with others. <br /> <br />Eight piers, item 44472. list $12.00. The roadbed slides into a clip that snaps on top of the pier and swivels to accommodate any grade. <br /> <br />* but perhaps you can use commeercial piers, just more of them to create the same vertical elevation: <br />we have the graduated pier set, 44471. It's 14 pieces; placing them at each joint as recommended results in rather a steep grade; leaving unsupported joints leads to sags as trains cross - but I expect much less than with non-roadbed track. Our passenger train of three light Lifelike cars has no problem with the grade, but the much heavier freight has a hard time climbing the hill. I'm thinking of getting a second set to make the grade longer, by using two same height in sequence, the second shimmed to half the increase in height to the next standard pier. You might be able to do the same, avoiding the need for using your spare lumber for the grade.
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