Bob Comerford posted:Well done Jonathan. The trains look so much better without the third rail and ballasted.
Wanting continuous run in O gauge without a large area available often means having visually unbelievable curves so hiding them as much has possible will also add to the look of your railroad.
Closed frog points are a reliable way of accommodating wildly varying wheel standards. I can remember at least one manufacturer offering them years ago in Walthers catalogues. Not sure if was in O or HO or both.
When first contemplating my outdoor O gauge layout many years back I first planned to use closed frog points. While I preferred 2-rail the local market was still principally 3-rail era and I saw them as a way of accommodating most wheels likely to show up. I planned to use a large rail section to clear the flanges of many 3-rail items and provide switchable stud contact or 2-rail for power. Laziness won out and I used commercial track suitable for my finescale wheeled models. Given no 3-railers have turned up at my door to be disappointed perhaps I made the right decision?
Best of luck with your endeavour.
Regards
BobC
Thank you Bob. I looked at closed frogs in S at one time. They are very functional. I'm pretty confident that I will be fine going this route.
