Comments on: Clever Idea To Avoid Damage To Trains Derailing (and a question) https://blog.model-train-help.com/2013/04/clever-idea-to-avoid-damage-to-trains-derailing-and-a-question.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clever-idea-to-avoid-damage-to-trains-derailing-and-a-question Model railroads and model trains Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:20:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: John Mc Cabe https://blog.model-train-help.com/2013/04/clever-idea-to-avoid-damage-to-trains-derailing-and-a-question.html#comment-4081 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:20:19 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=2602#comment-4081 In reply to rob gardner.

Thanks for your reply, Rob. I live in the U.S., Delaware to be exact, and the closest stores here to the UK is Home Depot or Lowe’s.

The moulding part around the table would not have trains running on it, but would serve an integral part of the layout by containing scenery or building flats that will stop a derailed train from falling on the floor. This would open up a whole new world of N-Scale, as the modeler would not have to use solely 9-3/4″ radius curved track. As we know, 11″ radius curved brings the track right to the edge of a table that is 24″ wide, but adding about an inch (or so) of moulding around the table allows for this wider radius. In this way, a double loop (11″ curved on the outside, 9-3/4″ on the inside) can be built on a 2×4′ table in N-Scale, or on a 4×8′ table in HO that uses 22″ and 18″ radii.

There’s a lot of moulding that can be used, and the types mentioned by Rob in his reply are excellent for the purpose. Thanks again.

]]> By: rob gardner https://blog.model-train-help.com/2013/04/clever-idea-to-avoid-damage-to-trains-derailing-and-a-question.html#comment-4079 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:05:30 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=2602#comment-4079 to protect the edges of the layout board there are several things that can be used, I prefere to use a moulding called hockey stick which has a rounded edge, another method is to use what is known as wood channel which comes in various widths, another is to use L shape moulding all of these will strengthen the edge as well as protecting it.
You can also use pipe lagging which is a hollow tube made of polyprolene which has a split along it’s length and can be opened and slid along the edge of the board.
I do not know which part of the worldyou reside but the things mentioned here can be purchased in any shop that sells mouldings or plumbing requisites in the UK.

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