Trackwork and Lineside Detail for Your Model Railroad

by Johnson, Kent J.

• ISBN13: 9780890245712
• ISBN10: 0890245711
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Kalmbach Pub Co

Table of Contents

FLEXIBLE TRACKWORK
Flextrack for smooth operation	4	(2)
Laying flextrack on curves	6	(1)
Railroading without derailments	7	(2)
Superelevating HO flextrack	9	(3)
HANDLAYING TRACKWORK
How to handlay track	12	(5)
Better N scale tracklaying techniques	17	(3)
WORKING WITH TURNOUTS
All about turnouts	20	(2)
Building a turnout from scratch	22	(12)
Handlaying code 40 turnouts in N scale	34	(7)
Hide those switch motors	41	(2)
Tortoise tips	43	(2)
REALISTIC TRACKWORK
Track profiles	45	(2)
Name that track	47	(5)
Ballast: the finishing touch	52	(3)
Weathering track for realism	55	(2)
LINESIDE DETAIL
Track and lineside details	57	(3)
Derails	60	(2)
Bridge guard rails	62	(2)
Bumping posts and car stops	64	(4)
Switch stands and targets	68	(3)
Switch stand appurtenances	71	(1)
Railroad line poles	72	(3)
Mileposts and scale miles	75	(2)
Railroad speed signs	77	(3)
Whistle posts	80	(2)
Flanger signs	82	(1)
Instrument cases and where to find them	83	(3)
Instrument houses	86	(2)
Build a slide-detector fence	88	(2)
Model an HO scale ACI scanner	90	(2)
Automatic bad-order detector	92	(2)
Train-defect-detection installations	94