Finally Gluing Trackwork in Place

Its permanent, no turning back now!

Well, after 2 years of putzing around with it, I am finally ready to glue the trackwork permanently in place. I decided to use construction adhesive for the job, I figured its all or nothing, once its glued down, there will be no removing it. I applied the adhesive with a putty knife, carefully avoiding the area where the throwbars have to remain free. The track was carefully laid in place into the adhesive and it pressed down. Once cured, I cut the sections at the layout joints. It all went well, with no disasters.

Now, I am installing the 30 Tortoises onto the layout.

-T.

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I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 05-23-2009 | 08:05 AM
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Fixing a Design Oversight….

3 Video Series

In the videos above I document the process of fixing a design flaw that goes back about 10 years to when I made the initial CAD files for the terminal. At the time I had no idea what the size of a carfloat was and didn’t spend much time considering it, and as a result, the edge of the waterfront was too far forward and would not allow the carfloat to line up with the track properly. Not wanting to leave it the way it was, I decided to break out the power tools and hack it back to where it should have been.

I videoed the process, and the entire job is documented above.

Enjoy!

-T.

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About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 05-21-2009 | 08:05 PM
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Drilling Oval Holes

On Purpose…

Under each turnout in the terminal I need to create a slot for the throwbar wire that connects the switch points to the Tortoise switch machines I will be using.

This is easily done by drilling a series of closely space holes and opening up with slot with the drill. This short video shows how this is being done on the layout.

-T.

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About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 05-19-2009 | 09:05 AM
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