Colorado
Eastern - First Track
When the dirt started to get near the top of
the framework on the left side of the layout, I got pretty excited about
actually laying track.
After looking at some books and reading on-line forums and talking to
various people, I decided that brass track would be sufficient -
especially with the number of feeders I had installed. I purchased $130 of
Aristo-Craft sectional track from G&G
Trains in Leslie, MI - this included approximately a box and a half
of 4' radius curves, half a box of 5' radius curves, two 5' straight,
four 3' straight, four 2' straight and a handful of 1' straight
pieces.
PROJECT DATE: 11/10/03
To build the sub-roadbed, I created a shallow trench between the outside
walls of the layout and large rocks/granite. Then I filled the area with
more dirt and then a layer of stone. This was followed by connecting the track to the wires and
then pouring the crusher fines over the top of the track. I used a level
to check the track for grade front to back and side to side before I
added the next few pieces, then repeated the process.
The track wires feed to the outside of the layout, just above the
weatherproof outlet, where I built a collapsible shelf for
the transformer.
Total cost-to-date: $705 + $130 = $835 |
my helper is back to assist with the first track being
installed!
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