This is exactly why we used ETS 2 rail trolley track on our first trolley line
I have some of that track as well...picked it up at the last York Meet. Forgot all about it until you mentioned it Ben, and I may want to dig it out of storage and put it to use (I also bought one of the ETS trolleys at the same time).
Is there any easy way to configure an MTH PCC (for example) to run on the 2-rail track?
This is exactly why we used ETS 2 rail trolley track on our first trolley line We needed five switches to do what we wanted with it. We used K-Line Streets on the other side but its just one giant loop that three trolleys traverse ( As long as they don't catch each other )
My question about the ETS 2 rail trolley track is this, can you convert it to Super Streets and 3 rail operation or is it very difficult to do?
Lee Fritz
It might be easier to add a third rail to ETS track than to convert the MTH trolley to 2-rail.
It may be as simple as tacking a bare wire down the center of the ETS track and jumpering the running rails together.
Here and there, I've suggested to the NJHirailers' "bridge and structures department" that they look into making their own SS switches with the laser cutter they use for bridges. Lay out a baseplate as one layer, then the road surface with flangeways goes over that. Add pivoting switch point/s with a throw lever wire running through a groove milled into the baseplate (the laser-cutter can cut grooves in the material used without going all the way through), and finally cement metal strips or heavy-gauge wire into the surface for the running rails (grooves can be cut to accommodate these too)
---PCJ
