what to mount ground throws to?

[joed2323]

What do you guys mount your caboose 202 ground throws to?

I see some people use cork road bed, some use wood ties.

How would i make wood ties to do this? Could i just cut off a few ties from a peice of track and mount those under ground throws?

I used ws road bed to lay my track on so im not sure if i should just stick a peice of ws foam under ground throws or what? I assume that it wont look realistic using road bed, although i could be wrong

 

[kenw]

i use plastic 'ties', Evergreen styrene. see details in this thread:
http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16898&highlight=caboose

 

[LoudMusic]

I would think it would be helpful to have a solid piece of material under the ground-throw and the points that are being thrown in order to help maintain accuracy of the operation.

 

[kenw]

I would think it would be helpful to have a solid piece of material under the ground-throw and the points that are being thrown in order to help maintain accuracy of the operation.

yes, it does help; the method i show in the link does just that. there's also a diagram in that thread that explains it further.

 

[LoudMusic]

yes, it does help; the method i show in the link does just that. there's also a diagram in that thread that explains it further.

Hey you have a diagram in there! Pictures are worth a thousand words. Good work! Thanks for sharing.

 

[joed2323]

Thanks you guys.

 

[TwrOpr 87]

I just use ties and that seems to work well for me


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