Comments on: Train Tracks Across a Doorway… Is it Feasible? https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible Model railroads and model trains Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:50:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Sheldon Clark https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-27316 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:50:13 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-27316 In reply to Duncan Poole.

Very civilised!

]]> By: Duncan Poole https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-26848 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:17:07 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-26848 Duncan,
My layout runs around all sides of my office (man cave) and thus across the door.
I found the best solution is to have a lift out section which is shaped to allow the door to swing open so I can be fed cups of tea without the need to constantly remove the section.
This section has the underframe notched so that it fits back snugly into a corresponding timber moulding on each side of the main boards. Never had a problem in the track alignment however many times I remove the section and electrical connections are simply small connector blocks (the plug together variety) for both the track feeds and the two point motors.

]]> By: Peter Bayle-Bligh https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-26501 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:36:24 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-26501 No problem. My brass hinges are on 5″ high blocks of wood, alignment was via metal plates either side and to date 5 years on not a trace of movement. Rails soldered to copper strips. Hope that helps.

]]> By: Jim https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-26480 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 15:21:53 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-26480 In reply to Phillip Collins.

I use a office chair lowered as low as it will go ,sit in it and scoot around under the layout ,works great,I originally had a 36 in high set up that was a large circle ,had fo crawl around under it,had to crawl to get to the center , I rebuilt it to about elbow height with a open section to walk through ,will put a hinged section on it later to lift up to get in ,no more crwling and ducking for me that gets old real fast

Jim

]]> By: Stewart Challinor https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-26473 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 13:31:58 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-26473 Hi just adding to Dales comments, I have a hinged section that works really well, it’s all about taking your time, I would advise to get a set of ball bearing hinges, the type used on fire doors, there is no play in the hinge, not expensive, solid construction and this really helps with alignment, then copper strips glued down on the main board and the flap section just at the crossing point, mine are about two inches long, then I soldered the track to each piece which keeps them sturdy and also carries the electrical circuit
Regards Stew
Ps got the hinges of Inertnet

]]> By: Geoffrey Logan https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-26465 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 11:35:37 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-26465 One way to stop any fouling of the track is to mount the hinges on small blocks of wood, if the hinges are good quality then there should be no problem with alignment.

Lay the track across the gaps having first soldered the track to screws at the edge of the boards before cutting it

]]> By: Sheldon https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-26459 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 10:18:37 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-26459 In reply to Phillip Collins.

Have you ever thought about one of those car mechanic’s trolleys they lie on to slide underneath a car?

]]> By: Sheldon https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-26458 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 10:15:50 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-26458 There is one small geometrical problem with the bascule* bridge approach. Wherever you place the hinges, the bottom of the outer part of the lifting section will catch on the fixed section it is butting up against unless you cut it at a slight angle to the vertical (recommended) or leave a small gap (not recommended).
*Like half of London’s Tower Bridge.

]]> By: Stewart https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-26455 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 09:52:48 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-26455 Hi just adding to Dales comments, I have a hinged section that works really well, it’s all about taking your time, I would advise to get a set of ball bearing hinges, the type used on fire doors, there is no play in the hinge, not expensive, solid construction and this really helps with alignment, then copper strips glued down on the main board and the flap section just at the crossing point, mine are about two inches long, then I soldered the track to each piece which keeps them sturdy and also carries the electrical circuit
Regards Stew
Ps got the hinges of Inertnet

]]> By: Phillip Collins https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-26444 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 07:11:44 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-26444 Because of my rheumatoid arthritis and “new” knees, I knew that crawling on the floor (as my brother has to) was not going to be feasible; so my layout is about 1.5m from the floor; so it’s a duck-under rather than a crawl-under.

]]> By: Kevin Ching https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-26415 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 02:00:08 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-26415 Hi Brian
I have just taken out my crawl under out of the door way as i have had hip surgery and cannot get down and under I will be putting a loop at the side of the door to return the track back on itself and decided to change to N scale so this should be easier to get in and out of the room. anyway happy modelling.

]]> By: Brian Ralph https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/12/train-tracks-across-doorway-feasible.html#comment-26272 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 10:53:30 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5070#comment-26272 In reply to Dale Arends.

Thanks for that Dale will give it a go.

Brian

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