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I am going to use 3/4 birch plywood (painted) in an around the room shelf layout. The total length will be 42'. The plywood should be pretty stable.

I thought about the expansion/contraction issue. Read somewhere that it is not really a problem. Someone who did the engineering/calculations and tested. Has anybody had an experience with buckling track? You would have to plan "measured gaps" in the track layout at specific temps to...

I am building a simple 40 foot loop DC HO model railroad using Atlas code 100 nickel-silver track. I am wondering if resistance will be a problem if I don't use a bus wire and feeders. The train will never be more than 20' from the power source (right?). I plan to solder the track connections...