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Anyone found wheel stops that fit Fastrack?  These are to catch the wheels before the coupler crashes into the bumper.

I use these on tubular track and they work really well (clips removed of course):

Coideal Extra Small Black Binder Clips 15mm Mini Metal Bull Paper Clips Clamp [60 Pack)

But they pop off of Fastrack sometimes all by themselves.

Thanks,

John

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If you want something permanent. I’ve been using ones from Scale City Design. They fit Gargraves well. Others I’ve tried seem to be more in line with 2 rail scale. I just use a little bit of JB Weld to hold them. They need just a little clean up with a file and then just need to be painted. I tried them on a piece of Fastrack. They fit nicely with just a little force needed to put them on. It’s possible you could get by without going.

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@Dave_C posted:

If you want something permanent. I’ve been using ones from Scale City Design. They fit Gargraves well. Others I’ve tried seem to be more in line with 2 rail scale. I just use a little bit of JB Weld to hold them. They need just a little clean up with a file and then just need to be painted. I tried them on a piece of Fastrack. They fit nicely with just a little force needed to put them on. It’s possible you could get by without going.

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Those are nice Dave.  I see they also have ones with tension screws as well.  Know anything about those?

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John

@Dave_C posted:

If you want something permanent. I’ve been using ones from Scale City Design. They fit Gargraves well. Others I’ve tried seem to be more in line with 2 rail scale. I just use a little bit of JB Weld to hold them. They need just a little clean up with a file and then just need to be painted. I tried them on a piece of Fastrack. They fit nicely with just a little force needed to put them on. It’s possible you could get by without going.

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Dave,
Those are actually what are known as "Skates" and you have mounted them backwards. They are used in hump yards to catch the first car in the track and stop it. It does this by friction as the wheel rides up onto the skate and slides to a stop without damaging the wheel.
There are also some wheel stops made very similar to those, the difference being that they don't have the part where the wheel rides up on. In any case, they would be turned around to where the wheel fit the curved portion of the stop. Here is a photo of the wheel stop that I made out of plastic sheet.
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@Craftech posted:

Those are nice Dave.  I see they also have ones with tension screws as well.  Know anything about those?

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John

It turns out those are not tension screws at all.  They are merely decorations.  These just press on and they do NOT stay on FastTrack without falling off by merely touching them.  I also ordered these and they do not stay on FasTrack either.

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Moreover both of these items are loaded with flashing that has to be carefully carved off and they would snap from opening them or closing them even slightly.  In fact one of the tabs that holds it on broke off trying to remove a piece of flashing projecting up between them that was larger than the tabs themselves.   Really poor.

John

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John, sorry they didn’t work for you. I did mention they have to be glued on.

Big Jim. Thanks for the info..  They don’t come with instructions. I guess they assume the track gang knows what they are doing. I had a 50/50 shot and I did try them the other way and noticed the wheel riding up.  Maybe because of the 3 rail wheelsets. They just seemed to work better the way I put them. Even though I use Kadee’s I have them on sidings in case they don’t couple right away they won’t leave the track.

Thanks for the offer John. I recently changed my yard up and needed a couple and figured I’d try these. Perhaps another Forum member can use them. I had used the ones from Tomar previously and they required a lot of filing to get them to fit over the Gargrave’s rails. The side tabs ended up being very thin and a few broke off. Once glued on with JB Weld they never moved.
The ones Alan showed look like the hot ticket for Fastrack.

John, they haven't moved when resting against car wheels. Some parts of my layout are not level and on the sidings where I have cars spotted I use these to really keep the car from rolling. Since my layout is a switching layout it just gives the switchman one more thing to do besides working couplers and switches.  Also the new LGB # is 10250.

Tom

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John, they haven't moved when resting against car wheels. Some parts of my layout are not level and on the sidings where I have cars spotted I use these to really keep the car from rolling. Since my layout is a switching layout it just gives the switchman one more thing to do besides working couplers and switches.  Also the new LGB # is 10250.

Tom

Do they fit firm enough so as not to move if a train wheel hits them at slow speed ?

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