I'm about to embark on my On30 platform, but need some crossings for my track plan. MicroEngineering doesn't have any, and I can't find any at Peco either...are there other manufacturers that make them, or will I have to handlay them?
One way round your problem is to buy 00/H0 crossings and replace the sleepers (Ties) with 7mm scale ties, removed from 0n30 track. I have doe it and it works.
I Used Peco Track
Hope this helps
For further information PECO actually sell sleeper packs for converting 00/H0 points (switches) & Crossings to 0n30 crossings catalogue number SL 501, not sure of avaiability in the USA but no doubt could be mail order from a UK retailer.
Hi dmolavi
I purchased a couple of packets of those SL501 re-sleepering kits some time ago, with a view to using them to convert Peco HO crossings to On30 style, but after due consideration, I thought that it just wasn't worth the added effort.
I only had a couple of crossings on that layout, and decided to use them as is - in HO scale.
I added a bit more ballast in and around the sleepers than usual, and once it was all up and running, it wasn't even noticeable.
That layout also called for an extra sharp-radius wye turnout, due to space limitations. As such an animal was not available on Peco 0-16.5 / On30 range, I was obliged to use a Peco Setrack wye, which I also OVER ballasted around the sleepers to hide them.
The result was exactly as I needed, and now the only way you can pick the Setrack turnout is by the extra wide flange-ways and the 'dead' frog.
But that is not a problem..... ;D