Maybe it has been done before, but I never saw it. Here is American Flyer S Gauge in the Garden. I added an extra rail to my Gauge 1 track and now can run S Gauge in my garden. More to follow in the following days/weeks:
Regards
Fred
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That's pretty awesome Fred
Wonderful! Would you show us how you added the extra rail, please?
banjoflyer posted:Now that's the way to run a Railroad!
I like the galvanized track pans. Do they have holes in the bottom to release rainwater?
Well done!
Mark
My thoughts exactly. I really like the railroad being elevated as well, can't get down on the ground to well any more and getting back up is even worse! Really neat setup you have there and the dual scale rack is the frosting on the cake.
banjoflyer posted:I like the galvanized track pans. Do they have holes in the bottom to release rainwater?
There are indeed holes in the bottom to release rainwater, but after a heavy rain it takes some time till the track-bed is dry again.
Regards
Fred
RoyBoy posted:Wonderful! Would you show us how you added the extra rail, please?
My Gauge 1 garden track Driehuis Junction was erected some 25 years ago. Since it was meant to run live steam I put the track at "table" height to be able to handle and control the trains. I added 0-gauge rail for 3-rail running to the inner loop of my track a couple of years ago. Since then my track is used a lot for Gauge 1 and Gauge 0, running clockwork, steam and electric trains. A selection of the running can be seen on my YouTube channel.
Since I have also some S gauge and some older tinplate 3-rail electric Gauge 1 locomotives the idea came to kill 2 birds with one stone by adding a middle rail to my outer loop positioned such that S Gauge and Gauge 1 3-rail electric could be run (not at the same time, of course). There was still one point/turn-out in the outer loop but that was not operational anymore and I started by removing that one. Then I ordered 30 meter of nickel silver bullhead rail and some 1200 rail-chairs from Tenmille, England (the supplier of my 1 Gauge rail which I used from the start). So now I had to drill 1200 holes, push in the chairs and slide the rail through the chairs and then I had to solder the feeder wires to each rail (bus wires run already through the track pans).
I do have some American Flyer S Gauge but also some German BUB Spur S; after finishing the track I found out that BUB Spur S is 24 mm gauge
; so I have to do something with this BUB material to be able to run it also in the garden.
Regards
Fred
