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Re: The Transcontinental PRR
« Reply #420 on: June 08, 2014, 04:41:45 PM »
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That part of the track is down permanently. There is in fact a very slight kink there. The low angle and the fact that the turnout is thrown creates an optical illusion making it look worse than it is. I'm going to take another look at it and see if it would be worth ripping up caulk and creating an s-curve to fix it.

The platform tracks are not the same length, but they're roughly ten feet long.
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« Reply #421 on: June 08, 2014, 05:16:46 PM »
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Yeah, so I went and took another look. The good news (as far as making the decision as to whether or not to pull up track) was that there already was an s curve there. There's an 8" section of flex before the left turnout. Rule G was not in effect when it was installed. The middle of that piece was shifted to the right.  It has been pulled up and reinstalled on a very slight gentle curve to the left. That resolves the kink and smooths out the whole area.
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« Reply #422 on: June 08, 2014, 08:57:03 PM »
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I'm glad to help.  I usually find that if I try to live with something like that, it will nag me and nag me, until I fix it.  Good to hear it was an easy fix.

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Re: The Transcontinental PRR
« Reply #423 on: June 08, 2014, 09:14:41 PM »
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« Reply #424 on: June 08, 2014, 09:42:14 PM »
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Re: The Transcontinental PRR
« Reply #425 on: June 10, 2014, 10:10:01 PM »
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There was a request over on NScale.net for a video of the throat.  Enjoy!

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Re: The Transcontinental PRR
« Reply #426 on: June 10, 2014, 10:32:01 PM »
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Next step = Tortises to power the frogs???
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Re: The Transcontinental PRR
« Reply #427 on: June 10, 2014, 10:50:17 PM »
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There's actually no power at all to the throat right now. That's why the GG1 had to stop where it did. The power that's flickering the drumhead is jumping the gapped track thanks to the pickups in the Kato cars.
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Re: The Transcontinental PRR
« Reply #428 on: June 10, 2014, 10:52:04 PM »
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Nice
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Re: The Transcontinental PRR
« Reply #429 on: June 10, 2014, 10:52:16 PM »
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nice. very nice, indeed!
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« Reply #430 on: June 11, 2014, 06:20:24 AM »
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There was a request over on NScale.net for a video of the throat.  Enjoy!


Very nice .. time to string the catenary :)

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Re: The Transcontinental PRR
« Reply #431 on: June 11, 2014, 07:43:54 AM »
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Very nice .. time to string the catenary :)

Already have... The finest catenary imaginable.
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Re: The Transcontinental PRR
« Reply #432 on: June 12, 2014, 12:18:45 PM »
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"imaginable" being the operable word...

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Re: The Transcontinental PRR
« Reply #433 on: June 12, 2014, 04:15:41 PM »
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"imaginable" being the operable word...

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And yet "operable" not really being a part of it at all.   :trollface:

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Re: The Transcontinental PRR
« Reply #434 on: June 28, 2014, 07:57:19 AM »
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Found a few hours to work on the layout this morning.  I got (most of) the platform tracks installed.  I only installed two sticks of flex each, since the west throat is still a very distant project, and I want to keep some flexibility.  Regardless, those two sticks allowed me to drop the second set of power feeds for each track, so they are fully powered.



There's a third stick of flex installed loose at the end of each track.  That gives me enough room to store trains, as illustrated.  To help hide the fact that the last bit of track is loose, I put the city back up.



Far from a final product, but it sure gives an impression of what's to come.
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