New layout question
Well, I've finally accumulated enough track and Split Jaw clamps to complete an oval of about 150 feet. I will post a photo this weekend of my progress, but to date, I have completed my train storage/power supply shed, planted some shrubs around the perimeter of the layout and hauled in two pickup loads of bark mulch for that perimeter. The interior of the garden area where the layout will be built is still 95% bare ground, but because I am anxious to get a train running, I am placing the track on short pieces of 2 X 4 laid out flat on the ground and spaced about every 24 to 30 inches under the track with one piece under each track splice/clamp (and then another half way between).
My question/concern is under the sun and in the heat, will this be enough support for the track on a temporary basis or will the track begin to deform or sag under the weight of itself. I have it leveled up as best I can with a bubble level and shimmed under the 2 X 4's with cedar shingles or thinner boards in the lower areas to keep it as level as possible.
I have run my GP-38 along 74 feet of completed track and plan to have the rest of the oval done by Friday evening.
My plans are to leave the track in place through the winter, purchase the remaining track that I need for my planned folded dog bone layout of about 320 feet or so and begin work laying the rest of the track, building a pond and waterfall where it fits in in the Spring and continue the planting and landscaping process.
Is this a good plan for development of the layout, or should I change what I am doing?
I appreciate any of your thoughts out there! Thanks.
Paul Smith
My question/concern is under the sun and in the heat, will this be enough support for the track on a temporary basis or will the track begin to deform or sag under the weight of itself. I have it leveled up as best I can with a bubble level and shimmed under the 2 X 4's with cedar shingles or thinner boards in the lower areas to keep it as level as possible.
I have run my GP-38 along 74 feet of completed track and plan to have the rest of the oval done by Friday evening.
My plans are to leave the track in place through the winter, purchase the remaining track that I need for my planned folded dog bone layout of about 320 feet or so and begin work laying the rest of the track, building a pond and waterfall where it fits in in the Spring and continue the planting and landscaping process.
Is this a good plan for development of the layout, or should I change what I am doing?
I appreciate any of your thoughts out there! Thanks.
Paul Smith
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