East Terminal & Newburgh

[Schraddel]

And now with the sintering plant in mind it was time to to rethink the layout for the tracks on modules #4 and #5 again.


Here modules #3, #4 and #5 are bolted together. In front is module #3 with the highway overpass.
On #4 right the short spur is serving the sintering plant. The plant will occupy nearly the whole lenght of the module #4.
All my modules have the mearures 80cm x 40cm (app. 31.5" x 15.7").
Right the main and siding. On module #5 there must be of course a switch connecting them. And there will be space for two other small industries.


A first approach. On the far end of #5 a street crossing in about 90°? Left of the tracks the building and on right hand a gasoline station?
Especially a gasoline station will be give much details.


The cork bed was laid. I made a slope by cutting the edges in an angle of app. 45° with a carpet cutter.


The tracks were laid.


The spurs were also laid.


A somewhat airview of module #4. The switch is an Peco Streamline Code 83 #6.


The same with #5. A Peco #8 switch. The length of the track behind the switch allows even some longer steamers to change tracks.

Then the switch actuators an levers were made and electrical wiring also.


And the the big moment.
All five modules were the first time bolted together:






Intensive test rund were made. Switching done, flaws corrected and somethin rightened.
At least all was working.


One of the corection has to be done in the paved segment. The styreme sheets tends to vault up. Additional glueing solved the problem.


Another flaw was the sole Peco Insulfrog switch. Here steamers with blind drivers were tending to cause short circuits. The flangeless wheel rims were bridging the insulation gaps of the Insulfrog.
So i decided to rebuilt the frog in situ to a live frog. For this the the plastic frog was complete removed by milling and replaced by an new frog soldered out of brass rectangular profiles. The all the wiring was one to convert it to a live juiced frog. So that problem was solved.

Some days with pure playing with trains followed.


Lutz