Hi everyone,
I want to start putting rail and ties alongside my track. I am modeling in the late 50's era. Is there a rule of thumb as to how many ties and pieces of rail are put alongside the track and how far apart groups of ties and rails would be? I know it's my railroad, but I don't want to over or under do it. I thank all of you in advance for your replies.
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Hi everyone,
I want to start putting rail and ties alongside my track. I am modeling in the late 50's era. Is there a rule of thumb as to how many ties and pieces of rail are put alongside the track and how far apart groups of ties and rails would be? I know it's my railroad, but I don't want to over or under do it. I thank all of you in advance for your replies.
Paul,
Sorry I do not have any suggestions for you, but I did want to say that I love this idea and I have something similar planned for my future layout.
-Mike
Depends if they're new or used ties. Used ties would be cut in half and randomly be found on either side of the track. Two or three here or there. New ties would be in a bailed stack of about 20 (5 per layer). A piece of rail most likely would be new. One section on each side of the track.
Just my $0.02 with old memories of walking tracks in Ironto Va rabbit hunting in the '70s.
Gilly
It depends upon whether the railroad has just left some used material along the route after a minor repair, or if they have dropped a lot of new stuff along the ROW in advance of some major work. Since you might only find a bunch of these every few miles, and since a scale mile in O scale is 110 feet long, it would be easy to overdo this scenic feature. I think "more is less" should be your method.
Methinks you are over thinking this subject; just put down what you think looks about right.
jackson
Let us know how it comes out. maybe with some photos. I'd love to see what you come up with.
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