Do you have your trains street running thru your layout's towns? If you do, please share photos and/or videos showing them.
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I always thought this would be an odd thing to model...but would love to see some pictures as well!
"I always thought this would be an odd thing to model"
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That's got to be some site. Sitting in a little diner or heck even a bar for that matter and all of a sudden things just start shaking and rattling. Lol
I personally don’t have any street running incorporated into my layout or the clubs modular layout, but I do have it high on my wish list of things to model.
I might have to compromise by running trolleys on something like the Bachman EZ Streets.
However, really enjoy looking at old pictures (or even LaGrange KY which I have visited several times) to watch the street action.
Charlie
The only way to do it correctly is to model 2 rail. 
I've been experimenting using black copper conductive tape for 3r rollers. Current is too high, no luck so far. TBC.
We have ridden the Amtrak Auto train to Florida many times. In Ashland Virginia it runs right through the middle of town in the street. It is a weird sight to behold.
Not really SIRT, you can use MTH scaletrax. Burry the track except for the flange guide and that middle blade rail AND you are good to go!
All these people including me have been to LaGrange, Ky. ? I was startled after the stop light turned red to have a road engine and train go by right under my nose, as first in line. I think that was the one time I've seen a train through there, and only once along there where they daylighted that tunnel west of Carrollton. It has to be time of day and not seeing trains, and thinking none are likely, that creates complacency that gets people killed, as discussed in the other posting.
prrhorseshoecurve posted:Not really SIRT, you can use MTH scaletrax. Burry the track except for the flange guide and that middle blade rail AND you are good to go!
Good idea. I would like to see a photo example. I do like cobblestone streets though!
Technically, Ashland VA is not street running since the pavement is on either side of the tracks and doesn't share the same right-of-way as the railroad. Though some drivers think so:
Don't miss 4:30, prior is proof of the reverse Darwin problem we are having in the gene pool.
Yes, I will. The Chicago South Shore & South Bend still run a few miles down our city streets. Will duplicate that.
I have a siding going to the grain silo that goes down a residential street. I used k-line easy streets. When the battery in my camera charges I'll post a video.
645 posted:What's odd about it? Here's CSXT's Louisville to Cincinnati mainline that runs right down the street of LaGrange, Kentucky:
Holy Cow!! Looks like an accident waiting to happen.
Joe Gozzo
PeterA posted:Not street running as such, but this shows how well EZ streets can work with street running
Awesome, I've got a huge box of super streets to sell but I'll keep a little bit for a street -ally siding. Looks great and you don't have to fill in between the rails. Thanks for the idea.
