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(erielack) Superelevated curves on model railroads (was: Superelevation - cant deficiency



  Paul and list,

> 
> Jeff Mutter told me of a novel approach he uses - strips of masking
> tape! To make the track higher, just keep layering on more masking tape.
> 

Yeah, just recently there was an article in one of the rags that talked about the "masking tape method" for superelevation on curves on a model railroad.

> Of course, as Paul B. pointed out, if you have risers supporting your
> roadbed/subroadbed, it's a pretty simple task to mount those at an
> angle. This is where a digital scale that shows angle or slope is VERY
> useful...
> 

Wait a minute...on a two-track main line, are both lines superelevated independently of each other?  That would make the spline method a bit more difficult.

- -pat


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