hi everyone -I have some new lgb 4 foot diameter track-when you put it together the rail tends to move in relation to the sleepers -is this common to all makes or does anyone make track locked to the sleepers -I dont think its a very good design-is it possible to glue the rail to the sleepers?-regards to all
lgb track issue
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bobg
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From the small amount of LGB track that I had, the rails were held in by a dimple in the fish-plates/joiners which in turn were held to the sleepers by a tab. I wouldn't think gluing them would cause too much harm but don't glue all the sleepers, just perhaps a couple in the middle, leaving the rest to expand and contract as they wish.
ntpntpntp
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Hi Graham, not quite sure why you're concerned? Sure there's a little bit of movement of the rail, but remember the track is designed for use outdoors with the the temperature variation and metal expansion/contraction that involves. I wouldn't be worried about trying to glue the rail to secure it, it works just fine.
funandtrains
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Aristo-Craft track has the sleepers screwed to the rail on longer lengths if I remember correctly.
funandtrains
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I'm not a big fan of the design of LGB track or the quality of brass used, the plastic however lasts better than some other brands.
Don't worry about the movement. LGB track is pretty close to indestructable. Ours has been down (loose-laid on a 4" deep bed of potting grit) for 5 years and we've driven cars over it with no damage. The movement allows for expansion and contraction and loose-laying helps in the same respect.
stevedenver
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LGB designed its track this way purposely
it allows for imperfectoins in track geometry by the user and still get a decent fit-
ie its semi flexible to a point
it allows for imperfectoins in track geometry by the user and still get a decent fit-
ie its semi flexible to a point
Hutch
G Gauge, Raising Peaches, Apricots
I remember the advertisement for their track showing an elephant standing on it without any damage to either the elephant or the track. UnhappilyLGB track is not cattle proof, my neighbors' cattle came over and convinced me to have my railroad inside.BrianC said:
---Hutch
The discussion about The quality of tracks is something that will never end on a forum, just because everyone has his his own experiance with it.
To make LGB rail come completely together you need to bend, twist the rails a little bit.
so they will properly line up. When using tracks outside it is advisable to remove all the original lgb track connectors and replace them with massoth screw on rail joiners.
When the lgb ones are removed, the dimples no longer hold the track in place, but this is no problem, it makes it easier to properly line them up. Sometimes you can get a quite big gap, then just take a baby saw and make it fit.
when you have a long track the rail can expand up to an inch, when in direct sunlight
in wintertime it can happen that you get gaps up to a 1/4 inch between some of the railjoiners. however this is normally not a problem.
On my layout a combination of lgb and usa train rail is used, they both have there own problems.
for example lgd rails uses a softer and more bendable aloy, so you can step on it when it is laying in the lawn, but it gets dirty quite quick (corrotion) usa rails is made of a harder alloy so if you step on it in the lawn the tracks can dent or twist. but they are better resistant against corrotion.
rgds Niels
To make LGB rail come completely together you need to bend, twist the rails a little bit.
so they will properly line up. When using tracks outside it is advisable to remove all the original lgb track connectors and replace them with massoth screw on rail joiners.
When the lgb ones are removed, the dimples no longer hold the track in place, but this is no problem, it makes it easier to properly line them up. Sometimes you can get a quite big gap, then just take a baby saw and make it fit.
when you have a long track the rail can expand up to an inch, when in direct sunlight
in wintertime it can happen that you get gaps up to a 1/4 inch between some of the railjoiners. however this is normally not a problem.
On my layout a combination of lgb and usa train rail is used, they both have there own problems.
for example lgd rails uses a softer and more bendable aloy, so you can step on it when it is laying in the lawn, but it gets dirty quite quick (corrotion) usa rails is made of a harder alloy so if you step on it in the lawn the tracks can dent or twist. but they are better resistant against corrotion.
rgds Niels
