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Superelevated curves!?

Started by Santa Fe buff, February 19, 2010, 05:14:07 PM

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Santa Fe buff

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I read (more like looked at the pictures and captions) the article in the March Model Railroader and I saw those Kato Superelevated curves and an idea popped in my head. Why not see if Bachmann would consider doing that for E-Z track?

Sounds reasonable. Let me know if I'm just having a moment of sudden excitment and I should call the men in white.  :-X

Cheers,
Joshua
- Joshua Bauer

pdlethbridge

I was doing that as a teenager 50 years ago. It's very easy to do. Just use a 1/32" wood strip on the outside of the ties and slide it under the rail to keep it hidden. Looks great on regular atlas code 83. On the Bachmann track, I'd use 1/16" but put it at the edge of the roadbed. If you slide it under the track, the tilt will be greater.

mabloodhound

If I'm not mistaken, the super elevated Kato are only on the double wide track.   The singles are not.
Dave Mason

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