Glenn is right.

and Coronado do an excellent job of international mail order.


Terry2foot

John,

all Peco track is made from UV resistant/stabilised materials.

You don't specify where you are located, so what are your climate conditions?

and why not think about having a semi-portable layout, laying tracks on boards which brought indoors for the worst of the weather? Like using shelf brackets down a fence?

Terry2foot
(from the UK, with relatively mild climate conditions)

Scot,

there is no e in Bridgton


Terry2foot

Ebtnut

you missed the Kennebec Central in your listing of the Maine Two Footers, Bridgton does not have an "e" in it, and the B&B was in Massachusetts,

Terry2foot

Two of the Maine Two Footers (B&SR/B&H, and the Monson) made it into the 1940's, survived the WW2 scrap drive and formed the basis of the collection firstly at Edaville and now at Portland.

There are active Yahoo groups for those interested, and a spinoff group to scratchbuild build On2/On30 stock has just been started. See the posting under the On30 heading for more info,


Terry2foot


   

Overhead view of On2 B&SR #6 (similar sized engine to the Bachmann Forney) on 18” radius track at;-

http://maineon2faq.fotopic.net/p24128367.html

Terry2foot

My latest modelling project, a new style roof for my Bridgton 26 foot boxcar;-

http://maineon2.fotopic.net/p40579549.html

Enjoy


Terry2foot

Also, remember that two foot gauge cars tended to be as long or longer than a lot of three foot gauge equipment, so there's likley to be more overhang to the inside at center and more swing-out of the ends on curves with scale two foot equipment.


Example of true scale 2 foot passenger car on very sharp radius track illustrating above shown at http://maineon2faq.fotopic.net/p27032763.html

Enjoy!

Terry2foot

Previously every village was a few minutes out on the other because of the inaccuracy of the local village clockmaker's timepiece.

Seasaltchap,

the above is not correct. The real reason was that each place determined noon time locally by when the sun was directly overhead.


Terry2foot