Mister Mikado What about that soft ping pong table netting? Mount a running length of it just below the track edge all around the layout. -Rob
What about that soft ping pong table netting? Mount a running length of it just below the track edge all around the layout. -Rob
That is exactly whaty they are doing in New York City. Putting netting under the elevated trains. Not that the trains would fall off, but enough tie plates, bolts lengths of steel and stuff like that fall off to damage parked cars ore even to impale moving cars.
ROARING !!!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
SeeYou190 BATMAN Okay, so after 12 years of no accidents <SNIP> I put guards across the four-foot span. . That is an impressive record with such a dangerous looking drop. . -Kevin .
BATMAN Okay, so after 12 years of no accidents <SNIP> I put guards across the four-foot span.
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That is an impressive record with such a dangerous looking drop.
-Kevin
Yep! Stupid is as stupid does.
I didn't want to get the Flying Fickle Finger Of Fate award but I see I was too late.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
BATMANOkay, so after 12 years of no accidents <SNIP> I put guards across the four-foot span.
Living the dream.
BATMANFate is fickle.
You earned this.
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
Okay, so after 12 years of no accidents, I could not sleep knowing my Royal Hudsons would be the ones taking the plunge if anything was to do it, so I put guards across the four-foot span and now I can sleep once again.
Before
After Fate is fickle.
After
Fate is fickle.
Eric White rrinker Down by a river? Down at the end, right by a corner? What, no Yes fans here? Seasons will pass you by I get up, I get down Eric
rrinker Down by a river? Down at the end, right by a corner? What, no Yes fans here?
Seasons will pass you by
I get up, I get down
Eric
(to constantly work on something under the layout)
And Roundabout fits Canadian Canyons very well - in and around the lake, mountains come out of the sky...
Hmm, now there'd be a fantasy layout, based off of one of Roger Dean's paintings.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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carl425superelevation can help keep stuff off the floor as well.
That is really a good idea.
Seems basic, but I never thought of it.
Assuming you've got a curve so you can justify it, superelevation can help keep stuff off the floor as well.
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3" is a pretty safe number, never had a problem with that which is what I used and I tested new track at slot car speeds (really the only reason to use those speeds for most of us unless you model Bullet trains).
MisterBeasley Work very diligently to have as close to perfect trackwork as possible, and have well-adjusted wheelsets, trucks and couplers.
Work very diligently to have as close to perfect trackwork as possible, and have well-adjusted wheelsets, trucks and couplers.
That's 99.9% of derailment free operation. The other .1% is human error. IMHO it's better to have some space beween the track and the edge to account for that human error.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Steering back on-topic...
If my track is near the edge, I try to create some sort of barrier to prevent trains from going over the edge, either by landscape or a wall using hardbard (yard).
rrinkerDown by a river? Down at the end, right by a corner? What, no Yes fans here?
Mine measures 1-1/4 inch from track center line to the edge.
Chuck - Modeling in HO scale and anything narrow gauge
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
riogrande5761 No, then they would be "Down on the corner, out in the street... Willy and the poor boys are playin'..." rrinker Down by a river? Down at the end, right by a corner? What, no Yes fans here? --Randy The lines you were quoting reminded me a bit of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
No, then they would be "Down on the corner, out in the street... Willy and the poor boys are playin'..."
rrinker Down by a river? Down at the end, right by a corner? What, no Yes fans here? --Randy
Down by a river?
Down at the end, right by a corner?
What, no Yes fans here?
The lines you were quoting reminded me a bit of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
Big YES fan here! Iʻve seen most of the biggies in the 60ʻs 70ʻs and 80ʻs. Including the Beatles. So it appears today model RailRoaders (RR) and also Rock & Rollers (RR) as well. Maybe Iʻll name my new layout the R&R Railroad. Or the RRRR.
Thanks for the Closer to the Edge answers.
Also I put two clear push pins at the end of my staging track to prevent someone from driving a train off the edge and into the abyss.
Joe Staten Island West
LION has been known to run close to the edge.
Here the LION added more to the table for this part of the line.
click on da photo for a close up
ROAR
Completely off this topic, but when we were kids with an old Lionel set, it didn't matter how far from the edge.
We'd crank that old locomotive up to full speed, and half the time it would hit the curve, derail and run off the table, crashing to the concrete basement floor.
No problem. We'd pick it up, put in on the track, and off it would go. They were built for boys like us.
York1 John
I still have all those recordings, on their original release vinyl..........
I like to keep track back at least 3-4", as much for appearance as for safety.
Sheldon
riogrande5761 rrinker Down by a river? Down at the end, right by a corner? What, no Yes fans here? --Randy The lines you were quoting reminded me a bit of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
I will be sure to put a small group playing instruments on a street corner somewhere on my layout. To see how many people get it.
Couldn't be more different than Yes, but I like Creedence too. Fogerty puts on a heck of a show, too.
Due to the fact that I don't use a track plan,I have ran into this problem a few times. Useally I just add some more surface, another plus for useing foam. I still have a few spots that are >1in <. Never had an issue, But I never run at more then half trottle, if that.
My shortline based layouts have never wound through mountains or had peninsulas, which I assume would be the most likely place to need little clearence from the edge.
I like scenery between the edge and the track, so about 4 to 6 inches of space is about right for me.
- Douglas
The modular guys I associate with when I have the time have the outside track centre 3” from the edge.
Wow, they are a brave group. I am certain I would not feel comfortable with my equipment on a modular layout that close to the edge.
Good job fixing the big stem locomotive.
kenben So I canʻt seem to find any minimum measurement (distance) from track enter to edge of layout in HO scale. Is 3" min standard? Can 2" work with out problems?
So I canʻt seem to find any minimum measurement (distance) from track enter to edge of layout in HO scale. Is 3" min standard? Can 2" work with out problems?
Oh well, Dirty Harry wasn't much help, but he did ask one good question. Do you feel lucky?
I don't, so I make sure that I either have at least 3 inches from the edge or else I install some sort of edge guard.
Rich
Alton Junction
rrinkerToo light? Oh, a Rush fan then - well, that's my second favorite.
Nah, not them either. Maybe more appropriate, for this thread at least, could be Dylan's "It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry" or perhaps Greta Van Fleet's "Meet on the ledge".
Wayne
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
i suppose it's a matter of personal taste ...
in my case i leave enough room for a loco or rolling stock to lay down sideways, and still stay on the layout .. if i didn't have the room, i would use some thing like clear plexi as a guide to keep it on the table., and off the floor , it's a long way down for little parts, lol, as 'insurance' it's pretty cheap ..