Hi Everyone, Oct 28th, 2000 18:00 Hrs MST. Modular Tables - OK, I like the "oNe Track" Concepts Very Much. I Honestly Think it has a "Lot of Potential to DO BETTER and There is Lots of ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENTS". After Serious Considerations and My Own Observations, I plan to go with a Minimum Width of 350 MM. I will have my Main Track 130 MM in Front so to Make it Compatable with Other "N Track Tables" Based on the View the Main Track would Connect with Track 2 on a 3 Track Ntrack Table if One were to Connect In. I want to Base the Width as Variable, Based on the Lacation of the "Industrial Site" so it can B Say from 350 MM to 450 MM, 500 MM Up to 600 MM Wide, Good Flexability. Lengthes would B from 1 Metre, 1.25 Metres, Or 1.5 to 1.75 up to 2 Metres. For Corners, I'd like to Give "Corner Modulars a Good Design Concepts" to make it a True Branch Line from say A to N with the Views that its a "Branch Line with Various Locations" and Not Just a Norrow Circle to No Where Really or with Very Little on it (Bad Designs Here). Lets Face It. Idealy Trains Run Up the Branch Line and Return. Branches Can Have Sidings, Bridges, Yards, Industrial Sits or and Engine Terminal to Throw in as Well. This is What a True "oNe Track Concepts" Should B - Flexability and Innovations. Passing thoughts, After all, Who says WE Can't Throw 0ut the Rules and B Innovative. Make the Maximum use of Flexability. Besides N Scale Model Railroading is Challenging, FUN and also Enjoyable as Well. Anyone Care to Challenge this Ideal, and Show Me Something Better or Match It. I'd Appreciate Your Input or Views on the Matter, OK. Lets Go 4 It. I'm all Ears. Special Thanks Everyone, Andrew Wallice Matheson, Calgary. trainorders@hotmail.com
oNe-Tack is fine...IF you're DCC. Most of us N-Trakers aren't. I'd rather do TwiN-Trak. ------------------ Brent Tidaback, Member #234 BNSF Railfan-to-the Max and a N-Scaler to boot! "Ship it on the Route of The Roadrunners!" The Aransas Odessa & Western, a division of the BNSF
A passing thought, if I may. I saw a module under construction that was to sit at right angles to another module that had the twin tracks as usual, but had a turnout that was for a 90 degree curved track running off the side. The new module was to go onto the side track for a short line RR series of modules. The idea was to break up the donut type layout at a show coming up. I do not know how it came out. I visualized it as a letter 'T' that could be fitted on the outside, or inside, of the donut setup. You could have several of these instead of just sidings. ------------------ Watash
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by watash: ...The idea was to break up the donut type layout at a show coming up<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> When I was debating about building an isolated home layout, or a modular oNe track layout, I had been thinking that if you made one end of the modules at a 15 degree angle, it would take 12 modules to make a 360 degree turn, (or just six to make a 180 degree turn). This would allow B-R-O-A-D radius curves. I don't have my calculator handy, but if each module was four foot long, in a circle, the circumferance would be 48 feet. Pi times radius squared equals circumferance, so the diameter would be? Anyway, I was sure the answer was too big for my garage, so I went with a stand-alone layout. Still, I toy with the idea every now and then for a modular layout. The layout I'm building can be used as a 180 degree turn on a oNe track layout. Ed Harrison ------------------ Ed's Mental Cab Ride
Actually, 2*pi*r is the circumference. For a rough estimate, use 3 for pi. That would give a radius of 8 ft. That is broad even by prototypical standards (about a 4.5 degree curve; for reference Horse Shoe Curve is 10 degrees, I think.) Dwight
Use 3.14 to get the closest number for pie. Man, I did not take math last year so I forgott the formula for circumfrence, but I do know that Pie x radius squared eqauls diamiter. Kevin
Pie are not square, pie are round! Especially cherry pie! The 4-8-8-4 Big Boy was designed to negotiate a 20 degree curve. That's a 44" radius in HO. Real couplers are designed to swing 9 degrees off center for freight cars and 11 degrees for passenger cars. That also depends upon the car length. This figure was good up as late as 1988 for general use and included cushioned couplers. We had to figure the car length, coupler swing, another car length, and the degree of curve to determine if it could be freight, or required passenger. Passenger cars only have a problem at "S" curves like crossovers in the yards. That is another reason some cars are 'kicked' and allowed to coast away from the engine (Steamer that is). ------------------ Watash
Another thought, Andy, you could assemble modules in a garage like a tree, then if taken to a show or meet, you could still connect to other member's modules. With some thought, it could be like an Erector Set, you could put it together at home several configurations, as well as at shows. ------------------ Watash
we all have 2 hobbies, modelrailroading and trying to figure out how to build a turn. ------------------ Appalachian & Atlantic Model Railroad "QUALITY at WORK with SAFTEY in MIND"
