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Title: my first layout
Post by: jboot111 on February 04, 2011, 09:19:36 PM
i have a layout set up on my floor and i want some tips on it
Title: Re: my first layout
Post by: OldTimer on February 04, 2011, 10:24:04 PM
One of the very first things you should think about is getting your layout off the floor and onto some sort of solid benchwork. 
OldTimer
Title: Re: my first layout
Post by: Doneldon on February 05, 2011, 12:51:01 AM
jb-

Also, regularly inspect your locos and cars if you run your trains on the floor. Little fibers can get into gears and wrap around axles and in journals and just generally screw things up. You might experience stalls, rough running, weakening locomotives, derailments and all sorts of such like. I don't think you need to do a careful examination every time you run your trains but it would probably be a good idea to do so every five or six operating hours.
                                                                                                                                                                -- D
Title: Re: my first layout
Post by: jward on February 05, 2011, 09:00:24 AM
even better advice, don't set your track up on carpet. if you set it up on a hard surface such as linoleum or hardwood floors. the fiber problem goes away. oh, and don't let your cat see it run.... ;D
Title: Re: my first layout
Post by: razorback on February 05, 2011, 10:45:56 AM
so i'm the bro of jboot111 he has a hardwood floor and his layout is ez track
Title: Re: my first layout
Post by: jboot111 on February 05, 2011, 04:54:03 PM
[. oh, and don't let your cat see it run.... ;D]
lol i dont have that problem