10-23-2012, 02:31 PM
The track plan for the layout has been designed using XtrkCad. It has the very useful facility of printing out the final track plan full size (1:1).
On my old layout I taped all the sheets together and laid them on the cork tile top of the boards, and laid out the track and turnouts according to the plan. I used Peco trackpins to pin the track down. This meant that the paper plan remained in placebeneath the track. This wasn't a problem until I started ballasting the track. The diluted PVA lifted the paper and deformed the ballast surface.
For this layout I will glue down the track using No More Nails.
I did some experiments on sticking down the plan onto a scrap piece of ply with a spray on adhesive.
![[Image: P1020370.jpg]](http://i1245.photobucket.com/albums/gg590/Robin_Gristwood/New%20layout/P1020370.jpg)
It worked, and then I tried it with and without a sealer before gluing a test track on top and ballasting it. The sealer gave a better result although there wasn’t that much rippling and lifting of the paper on the unsealed side, I still think I will go with sealing it.
![[Image: P1020371.jpg]](http://i1245.photobucket.com/albums/gg590/Robin_Gristwood/New%20layout/P1020371.jpg)
I haven’t glued the cork tiles down yet either, in case I need to move any of the uprights if I change the track plan at all. After all, its inevitable that if I have covered all the screw holes with cork tiles (there are 150 of them) that hold the tops to the uprights, I will need to move something because of something I haven’t thought of. I suppose until the point work comes I can’t progress and until that point I’ll be thinking if anything needs changing. That brings me back to the peninsular again, and what is best use of the space...?
I originally was thinking of leaving the area fairly open and use the area as a transload facility. I found a couple of facilities in Seattle that I could take elements from.
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The first is a MacMillan Piper facility, which is the more interesting. It handles covered hoppers and I presume centerbeams from the amount of lumber stacked in the yard. Both of these would provide some variety for switching. I havent got room for the full facility, it handles container stack traffic as well. Besides not having any
The second is another PCC facilitybut I think has less variety.
On my old layout I taped all the sheets together and laid them on the cork tile top of the boards, and laid out the track and turnouts according to the plan. I used Peco trackpins to pin the track down. This meant that the paper plan remained in placebeneath the track. This wasn't a problem until I started ballasting the track. The diluted PVA lifted the paper and deformed the ballast surface.
For this layout I will glue down the track using No More Nails.
I did some experiments on sticking down the plan onto a scrap piece of ply with a spray on adhesive.
It worked, and then I tried it with and without a sealer before gluing a test track on top and ballasting it. The sealer gave a better result although there wasn’t that much rippling and lifting of the paper on the unsealed side, I still think I will go with sealing it.
I haven’t glued the cork tiles down yet either, in case I need to move any of the uprights if I change the track plan at all. After all, its inevitable that if I have covered all the screw holes with cork tiles (there are 150 of them) that hold the tops to the uprights, I will need to move something because of something I haven’t thought of. I suppose until the point work comes I can’t progress and until that point I’ll be thinking if anything needs changing. That brings me back to the peninsular again, and what is best use of the space...?
I originally was thinking of leaving the area fairly open and use the area as a transload facility. I found a couple of facilities in Seattle that I could take elements from.
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The first is a MacMillan Piper facility, which is the more interesting. It handles covered hoppers and I presume centerbeams from the amount of lumber stacked in the yard. Both of these would provide some variety for switching. I havent got room for the full facility, it handles container stack traffic as well. Besides not having any
The second is another PCC facilitybut I think has less variety.
Robin