Trestle check rails

Riograndad · 21 Mar 2017

Hi all,Finally started the rebuild of the railroad,lots of R1s being changed to R3`s,,,,and planed trestle going in on one of the new curves,now i know some of you have already been there so any ideas on how to fit check rails?only want one on the inside rail,I know i have to allow for flanges etc but how to fit to the track itself?....glue,pin,screw, any ideas or practical help anyone can pass on?track is trainline 45 R3,and a few weeks away from doing the job,,garden looks a construction site at mo,much to SWMBO`s dismay, regards,Rio.

Rhinochugger · 21 Mar 2017

If you can get hold of some aristo track, and take the rail off that, it is drilled from the bottom every so often to fix it to the sleepers (ties)

I put my check rails against the face of the chair bracket, drilling the sleepers (ties) to suit the holes in the rail and re-using the little aristo screws - it looks about right for position, and sits a tad lower than the running rail

JRinTawa · 21 Mar 2017

Rhinochugger said:
If you can get hold of some aristo track, and take the rail off that, it is drilled from the bottom every so often to fix it to the sleepers (ties)

I put my check rails against the face of the chair bracket, drilling the sleepers (ties) to suit the holes in the rail and re-using the little aristo screws - it looks about right for position, and sits a tad lower than the running rail

That's pretty much what I've done for my bridge check rails. I did initially just glue the check rails on but after several failures of different glues I screwed them on with the little Aristocraft M2 screws. I my cas as the bridges are in place I drilled a 1.5mm hole down through the check rail foot and through the sleeper below then ran an M2 tap to thread the hole. Finally with patience I screwed the M2 screw in from below.

Would have been so much easier on the work bench!

Riograndad · 22 Mar 2017

Thanks for the replies,it seems this may be a solution and worth giving serious thought to,had hoped to use a screw fix method so this maybe the way to go,not even thought of building the actual bridge yet as still on the trackbeds(joyous

) thanks again,Neil.

Trestle check rails

Riograndad

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Rhinochugger

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JRinTawa

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Riograndad

Model Railroading, boats and oil painting,