Tubular track guard rails

A picture of how you did it would be cool to see.

Okay, here's a closeup of a problem area and the rest of the layout.  My main layout was donated and rebuilt for a museum (pictures at strasburgmuseum.org).  My home layout is on the only available place, the workshop basement floor.  Although slight, the floor of course slopes toward the sump pump, which tugs at my Mikado.  The guard rails at a few spots corrected that.  My large Gargraves layout required a few extra guards as well.

That is some seriously good looking tubular rail. Great work and a great idea on the guards.

Well scenery consists of a pole, shelves, appliances and power saw but other than that it's fun.  I move freight cars and passenger train around with a simple shuffled deck of "waybill" cards.  Ballast, by the way, is Arm & Hammer multi-cat slide litter, just loosely brushed in place and will be easy to sweep up when the time comes.

It looks like a great track plan with plenty of options for running.

Just hope your cat has no access to your "ballast"! LOL!

No but I'll have to move quick if I get more rain than the pump can handle 😬

@jps32016 posted:

No but I'll have to move quick if I get more rain than the pump can handle 😬

You could post on @Arnold D. Cribari's "Breaking News" Topic if it came to that!

By the way, also apply gun metal paint on the tops of outer dummy rails and guard rails. If everything else on the layout is weathered and realistic, tubular track treated like this eventually convinces you that's what it's supposed to look like (at least I go with it 😀).

I love this layout.  It reminds me of the kinds of layouts that kids used to set up on a lazy summer day when the urge to run some trains could not be resisted.  The backdrop is just the way I remember such enterprises.  Bravo!