Think mostly grade ( 80% or more of it will be in excess of 2.5% grade ), with a few flat spots, but your point about using N/S track in the flat...
Alcoman, My apologies, I missed your post, and in doing so, failed to address your suggestion. The idea has some merit, and might be practical...
Indeed, David has some solid data, and I have spent so time talking to him over on a T gauge forum, because of it's connection with what I am...
Please take a look at my question again - I have not in any way asked for advice on what type of track material to use - nickel silver / steel /...
Maybe - maybe not. The layout I'm planning, is going to be having grades of at least 3.5-4%, but not just a foot or two ( as I see in most...
No. It only works with iron based alloy's ( or alloy's based on iron, and related minerals cobalt & nickel ), that do not have to much to much...
I think that obtaining wheels that are magnetized, are going to be the easy part - I have already found magnet dealers that will make magnets in...
I'm not sure what the specific make up of the alloy is, other than it is steel and it has some fairly substantual non-corrosion/rusting properties...
N/S is not going to do this: YouTube- Broadcast Yourself. I have talked to folks who have T scale trains, and they don't report any problem...
It's not that N/S will not work ( at least that I know of - I have been warned against grades exceeding 2-2.5% for even N scale ) - it just that...
All I have been able to find, is nickel silver track, is Z scale track available in any other material?
Ok, Hotel reservation & flight reservation, booked, and I have just confirmed that my Convention registration is in and is to be processed today....
Ok, I'm in --- I just called and made Hotel reservations and the convention registration should be faxed in by the end of the week.
Fair enough. Agreeable, that is why I use the Märklin track from the starter where the visual aspect of it does not matter - that way I don't...
I am confused as to how being able to repeatedly assembel and disassembel came to be an important factor. I was reading through the thread and...
< shrug > I don't know. If the layout is temporary, why try to clean it while it is assembled, when it is easier to clean it, while it is apart?...
No doubt that some have just used the Märklin starter as a test track, and for purposes of repeated set up and then put away situation the MTL...
I am confused. I have read and reread the post that started this thread ( below ), and do not see anything about having any "intent on taking...
Personal opinion...... MTL may be more American prototypical sleeper spacing, but prefab ballasted track will never be used on any layout that I...
At this point, it's more than likely - especially if I can take care of the money issue now ( while I have money ), rather than later - after my...
