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I have an existing track made from flat bar stock .5 x 1.5. Will this hot rolled steel cut grooves in the factory made wheels?

I am needing to upgrade to a floor type drill press.

We drill pilot holes for everthing. The wood is not splitting around the screws but elsewhere.

Southern Yellow Pine. Ground contact treated.

Our treated 4x6's are splitting badly on RR. Is there a way to prevent this? They were dry when we stained them a dark color.

Thank you for the information. That is a great help.

I am way behind on track work. Instead of using 4x4's and 4x6's treated wood for sleepers I was thinking of 3" channel iron. The treated wood splits, twist and bows. My plan would be to weld the .5 x 1.5 flat bar to the channel iron. Gauge would be maintained and the weight of the iron would he...

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I am in need of plans for 15" gauge passenger cars.

Do you have any track down?

I plan to make the tender separate.

http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/plate097.Html

This is the model we are working on. It is scaled for 2 ft. gauge.