American Flyer S gauge rubber roadbed

You can slide some heavy paper shims under the switch. Maybe from a cereal or cracker box.

DCE,

I did not put anything under my AF switches, the road bed portion that goes under the ties is very thin, no need to add a thing. You don't have to fasten the switches to your table, just fasten the track that is attached to the switch.

Ray

Roadbed makes a traditional layout look great.  I refuse to cut up a piece of good road bed  so get a pile of scraps..........johnson reproduction roadbed works great.

Jackie

@Rayin"S" posted:

DCE,

I did not put anything under my AF switches, the road bed portion that goes under the ties is very thin, no need to add a thing. You don't have to fasten the switches to your table, just fasten the track that is attached to the switch.

Ray

Ray,

How about a link to your fabulous layout to show off your roadbed?

Tom Stoltz

in Maine

Tom,

Fabulous? I don't think so but I am pretty happy with it, it does run pretty well.

You can click on the YouTube link at the bottom of my posting, or if you are visiting S Fest my layout is part of the tour.

@Rayin"S" posted:

Tom,

Fabulous? I don't think so but I am pretty happy with it, it does run pretty well.

You can click on the YouTube link at the bottom of my posting, or if you are visiting S Fest my layout is part of the tour.

Thanks Ray, I think your layout is pretty awesome. The opening scene of your video is really cool and then the layout is big – at least by my standards. While I am not a fan of Flyer track and switches, the way you use them sort of disguises them… they don’t jump right out at me. I thought it would fit in with this thread.

Tom Stoltz

in Maine

Back in the seventies and early eighties, when I had my Flyer layout, I never put anything under my switches. All my trains ran just fine. Then in 1983 I converted my S Gauge layout to "O" Gauge and once again nothing under the switches. I keep hoping that Menards will make rubber roadbed and switches for their track.

I found that I did not need anything under my switches.

I did, however, trim a piece of roadbed to put along the edge of the switch so that it lines up with the track with the roadbed.

I use the rubber roadbed exactly as John does including the trim piece on the edge of the turnout base. Never fasten down the turnouts , it may lead to derailments. Fasten the adjacent track sections and let the turnouts float when using rubber roadbed. The turnout bases can be shimmed but it is not necessary..