Elevated curve with pillars mounted on a baseplate

[naboo]

Hello

I am building an elevated track for my son on a table and due to occasional "earthquakes" I would like to mount the pillars on a baseplate.

For the straight track its straight forward, but in the curves I find it rather difficult to see which studs on the baseplate fits the pillars either direct or by using jumpers. The most of the pillars will be resting on tiles.

Is there anybody who already knows this and will share the information?

Thanks.

[Andy Glascott]

I had a similar set up on my last layout. I was using round 2x2 bricks for the pillars and found there were places directly under some of the sleepers/ties that I could use a 2x2 turntable to realign the studs that were directly under the sleepers. It doesn’t work under every one, so extra support is needed (I was using 9v track which is quite sturdy anyway, if you’re using the blue track in your illustration you’ll need quite a bit of extra support under it).

If I remember rightly I had pillars under the first, middle and last sleepers.

[zephyr1934]

Are you using the old blue track? The rails and sleepers are fairly loose, you would probably be better with the modern one piece track. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by elevated, do you mean a few bricks off the ground? If so, it might not look pretty but in three bricks you could make a simple east-west continuous offset with technic bricks and axles, then the next layer a north south continuous offset, and finally a turntable to match the angle of the track above.

Another thing you could do for the curves is simply make a stack 4 tall of curve track and connect the different layers together on each sleeper. That will be pretty rigid and strong, a good bridge. (I forget the fellow who made a few such structures on this forum, but it seems to be pretty robust)

[Duq]

Does this help? It's based on 9V track but the radius is the same.

Curved track attachment points by Duq, on Flickr

[naboo]

I am using the new rc-tracks, but only building pillars under the sleepers where they connect, that was why I showed it with the blue and white tracks.

By elevated I do mean a few (up to 14) bricks off the ground.

 

On 3/6/2020 at 2:39 PM, Andy Glascott said:

using round 2x2 bricks for the pillars and found there were places directly under some of the sleepers/ties that I could use a 2x2 turntable to realign the studs that were directly under the sleepers

Thanks - I had forgotten about the small 2x2 turntables, I'll try using them when I get hold of some.

On 3/6/2020 at 3:53 PM, zephyr1934 said:

it might not look pretty but in three bricks you could make a simple east-west continuous offset with technic bricks and axles, then the next layer a north south continuous offset, and finally a turntable to match the angle of the track above.

At first I didn't understand the concept with the technic bricks and axles, but I found this photo that helped: 

Thanks - It is an excellent solution.

On 3/6/2020 at 11:32 PM, Duq said:

Does this help? It's based on 9V track but the radius is the same.

Curved track attachment points by Duq, on Flickr

Thanks - This was exactly what I was asking for.

[Commander Wolf]

If you are using modern plastic track, especially R40, I think it's sufficiently strong to secure only the ends and let the curved section "float" on tiles.