Bristol Barrow Road - The engine sidings
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More progress on the trackwork this time on the engine sidings alongside the roundhouse. In addition to the two main lines there are five other lines which cross the board joint at the throat of the sidings. Track fixing across this joint, as all board joints, is by positioning ply sleepers adjacent too, and across the joint and inserting 12BA brass bolts into pre-drilled holes in the ply sleepers. I usually do this on two or more sleepers either side of the joint.
One length of rail - 120ft with a rail joint at the mid point - is then threaded with the correct number of exactoscale chairs which are glued to the ply sleepers. I then glue two lengths of 6mm wide black card to the track base and glue the sleepers, with rail, to the black foam base making sure they are in the correct curved position. Once satisfied, the track is weighted and left to dry. Once dry the second length of rail is marked and cut, chairs added and the assembly fixed to the sleepers using track gauges.
Once the rail is soldered to the 12BA bolts the track and sleepers are cut using a razor saw.........................................
a few photos of the results......................
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