Were I to put guardrails on the turntable rails or the pit rails, or both, I would still taper the rail heads. SHABBONA's turntable is as much a conglomeration of trial ans error as it is anything else, and the tapered rail heads serve as a final "self-alignment" feature, if the original alignment isn't too far off to begin with.
Having come upon mis-aligned railheads at mainline track speed, I can tell you they make a terrific noise when you go over them, even if the train stays on the track. That being said, actually derailing a train takes considerable effort. Bob Nicholson _____________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "ctxmf74" <ctxm@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@> wrote: > > > > Before I start tapering the rail, maybe somebody has experience in also > > adding guard rails near the gaps. > > I don't think guard rails would be any better than tapered rails in that > situation and would be more work. > I had a bowser O scale turntable that was powered by a gear head motor > controlled by an HO power pack. It was very easy to align by eye with the > power pack throttle. I don't know if S would be as easy as O but I think it > would be do-able if the turntable is close to the aisle so one can see the > rails to align them. If I had to do it with an indexing pin I think I'd use > some kind of knife switch type blade on the end of the turntable so there > would be no pins to try to line up. > For close up photography my little canon elph has a macro setting that can > get as close as I've ever wanted to shoot...DaveBranum > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
