RE: Bachmann Euro Coaches (?) There is a difference between Great Britain and the UK as well, but I forgot what it was.Anyway I will have to agree partially with Tac about the isles not being European, if that where the case Greenland and Iceland would also be European Nope, they are Brits, and better left alone I am told.Membe...... 10 Aug 2011 02:18 PM European Models and Prototypes (0)

RE: Over under.... Posted By Ironton on 09 Aug 2011 06:11 AM Dwight Save your breath. I tried to make your point the last time this this topic came up and they would not listen. Somehow the idea that only half of the track is above grade means you only need half the distance is what they see. The half that ...... 09 Aug 2011 09:00 AM Track, Trestles, Bridges and Roadbed (0)

RE: Very nicely done railway Posted By DennisB on 08 Aug 2011 07:11 PM Do the rails seem a little narrow, close together. Dennis Guess that is because of Pikos choice of scale for standard gauge prototypes, they are very much oversize and as a consequence the track may seem narrow. As indeed it is for the prototype.Anyway, ...... 09 Aug 2011 02:07 AM European Models and Prototypes (0)

RE: Over under.... Dwight If both tracks converge at a point (station or somesuch) and one track goes down from the station and the other goes up it will be possible for the elevated track to go over the other at half the distance from the station compared to a situation where one track remains level.Where both t...... 09 Aug 2011 02:03 AM Track, Trestles, Bridges and Roadbed (0)

RE: Very nicely done railway Funny thing is that the only picture of persons that I have found is labeled: Meine Frau baut mir ne GartenbahnRoughly translated: My wife builds the railway with me. Bertel could also be a woman though... 08 Aug 2011 06:48 AM European Models and Prototypes (0)

RE: Over under.... basicly... 1 percent incline is 1'/100' or 1"/100" or 1cm/1m and as I just found out I allready have a near 3% incline on my railway and I wouldn't recommend it for anything but heavy locos with light load.... 08 Aug 2011 05:38 AM Track, Trestles, Bridges and Roadbed (0)

RE: Over under.... I just measured my steepest grade, and it's 3% On there even the Mikado may slip with some 14 cars (or five Beerladen gondolas). So that is the grade I need "sand" and weight to get up.... 08 Aug 2011 02:31 AM Track, Trestles, Bridges and Roadbed (0)

RE: Very nicely done railway If you like the "tube" vid, here is some more information about the same line and the structures:http://www.buntbahn.de/modellbau/viewtopic.php?t=7330&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 http://www.buntbahn.de/fotos/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=2906&password= ... 07 Aug 2011 02:23 AM European Models and Prototypes (0)

RE: Over under.... It sounds like you do not have the room for an over under at all.How much space do you have?... 05 Aug 2011 02:04 AM Track, Trestles, Bridges and Roadbed (0)

RE: Over under.... Posted By TheFishGuy on 04 Aug 2011 03:03 PM OK, you got me on that one.... I have all 1/29th G scale... and I surely don't have 16' or 26' to make the grade to 10"...   Then you may get away with less, as there is less clearance to worry about. Will you ever be getting any 1/20.3 equipmen...... 05 Aug 2011 01:02 AM Track, Trestles, Bridges and Roadbed (0)