02-17-2009, 10:38 PM
upNick:
If you just leave a gap there is great likelihood that the rail will shift to fill it. A solid piece of insulating material is needed -- a piece of strip wood or a flat toothpick glued in place (and carved down to rail profile). For security, drill a hole in the roadbed and push it in first.
You should only need insulation in the 2 rails that come from the frog. You can even skip that if the rail leads to a dead end siding or the the of another turnout.
If you just leave a gap there is great likelihood that the rail will shift to fill it. A solid piece of insulating material is needed -- a piece of strip wood or a flat toothpick glued in place (and carved down to rail profile). For security, drill a hole in the roadbed and push it in first.
You should only need insulation in the 2 rails that come from the frog. You can even skip that if the rail leads to a dead end siding or the the of another turnout.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.