edsmith0075

Any update on this project? I am looking o build a garden railway of Lego PF track and am curious as to the durability of the track.

Thanks to everyone for their incredible guidance and feedback. It sounds like the technic rod acts as the pin for the boogie and that is what I was really trying to understand. Railbricks is an awesome resource! Thanks again and I can't wait to start my new project, I will post pics as it goes. Also, one of the other reasons I need this to work is because I am looking to build a garden railroad out of lego gauge trains and it will have switches, dips and lulls.

spitfire, you are correct. I apologize for the confusion and the bad link. Let me restart... My emerald night is currently powered with the XL motor but the train struggles on the track in some places such as switches or grade variants in the track. The wheels just slip if the track is uneven in any way. Being that this setup is currently on the carpet in my house dips and rises are common and often prevent the EN from being able to run smoothly. My idea is to place a boxcar or EN passenger car equipped with PF motors behind the coal tender. In doing so the idea wiil be to help push the engine over areas where it may slip and ensure a smoother ride. http://www.flickr.com/photos/edsmith0075/sets Hopefully , the above link works better... The pivot point that you mention is what I need help under standing. The PF boogies are attached to the base with the clip on the top that fits into a hole. How would this work on a boogie that I build myself with gears to be powered by a motor mounted on the bases?

Greetings everyone, I have caught the lego train bug and in my expansion I would like to use steam engines such as the emerald night on my setups. So here is my idea, I would like to make either a boxcar or match Emerald night rail car that can house two small pf motors to drive the train. I have come across some great gearing designs but I am stuck on how to attach the custom geared trucks to the frame of the train car. With the lego brand PF train motors they have that tab on the top to allow pivoting and mounting. How would that work with a custom geared setup? Any advice is appreciated and I am grateful for the wealth of knowledge this community has to offer. Ed http://www.flickr.com/photos/edsmith0075/ My flickr account has alot of my lego trains and other lego projects

Thanks fot the info. I was able to find some copper at a local craft store in the bead making deptarment and supplies. I am going to try it with the copper but would really like to use stainless steel as it will last longer. I am looking for suggestion on where to purchase Stainless steel tape. I am located in the United States. I did find a company that make something called "stainless steel shim tape". I though it looks similar to the copper only in steel. Any advice?

Thank you for all the kind replies. Any suggestions where I might be able to pick up the silver tape? I checked the local hardware stores but they did not even have the copper stuff... Thanks in advance

Greetings everyone, I have enjoyed reading the posts and learning more about this hobby. I have invested in as many kits as I could find on ebay. So far the only one that came is the Maesark GP-38. I built it this weekend and can't wait to get some track to run it on. Heres my question, I saw the tutoriol on how to apply copper tape to non conducting track for use with the 9V train system. I want to know if anyone has done this here? How long does it hold up? I was thinking of using silver instead of copper cause I hear it will last longer. Any input or advice hear. I would rather invest in trains instead of track and have the time to make my own if everyone has had positive results.