CP Scarborough Harbor Branch Line - HO Scale

[tetters]

that is exceptional, and should be a smooth piece of trackwork. I am noticing you are using all PC ties - are you cutting all of them yourself or did you buy them from fast tracks? And tell me more about this belt sander - I have been doing things the cheap and tedious way by cutting and filing everything by hand, one at a time .

Hey NM.

I am cutting the ties myself by hand. I just ordered a bunch of crossties as I initially at first thought only about treating the x-over in this manner. However, I obviously decided to go across the board with this.

So I cut and gap them individually and solder them in place. Make no mistake. There is still a ton of hand work involved. I just find my center and get all Zen about it.

The bench top belt sander I use is from Delta, doing a quick search on the web, I'm not sure if Delta makes them anymore??? At least they don't carry it in the product line on their website?



You can see it on the left of my work bench. Not a great pic, but it is one of those tools I couldn't live without and I've been able to tap it for a number uses around the house and for the hobby. I picked it up at a Home Depot on sale for 79.99 on sale. Regular at the time was a $149.99!!! Seriously, talk about an offer I couldn't refuse. I still see them in the stores though and they have come down in price. Last one I saw months ago was for about $100 and change.