It is generally accepted that brass is the best conductor of electricity, but it does need a regular cleaning to keep it in good condition. This is because brass forms an oxide when in contact with the atmosphere, which creates a barrier to the current. Nickel silver track also forms an oxide, but still makes for a good conductor on nickel silver tracks.
The oxide that forms on nickel silver happens to be electrically conductive whereas that which forms on steel and brass is not. What this means is that after a while on steel and brass rails the trains tend to run erratically. Using nickel silver HO rails means you will have better running trains and less time spent cleaning rails. The different rail materials are easy to pick.
Steel is a silver color or rusty if not looked after properly. You can also use a magnet to find out if it is steel. Nickel silver is silver colored, but has a slight gold tint to it.
Model railway track comes in sections for convenience and ease of use. You can purchase track in different lengths and shapes, straight and curved. Some snap together, and some are made on plastic roadbed sections. When assembling sectional track do not force the pieces together.
Make sure both ends of the rails are lined up with the metal rail joiners and fit snugly with little or no gap. If your track has molded roadbed make the tabs lock securely between sections. Make sure there are no gaps at the end of the rails when assembling the track. Sectional track comes with a rail joiner that is a slotted clip. Its function is to keep the track lengths together and also conduct the electricity. This is why the HO scale tracks need to fit snugly together.
These rail joiners can wiggle loose when the train goes over the track, which can cause a derailment. To stop this happening you can nail the tracks down through the little holes in the middle of the ties.
Apart from straight and curved sections, other track options include tracks for crossings and tracks made at different angles so that tracks can cross each other or make figure eights. There are also turnout switch sections for sidings. On turnouts you might need to straighten the points occasionally with needle-nose pliers. Many enthusiasts simply cut a section of HO track to fit. Not everyone wants to replicate a modern day railroading scene, although many rail modelers do build their layout using 21st Century model trains, vehicles, and modern day skyscrapers and structures.
This is often because of the nostalgia from fond childhood memories, and because it enables them to incorporate both diesel and electric engines on their layout.
Others prefer a decade or two earlier, so that they can utilize steam engines rather than electric or diesel locomotives. Another popular era to replicate is a scene from old wild west US history. Constructing an old west town set in the USA around — is only limited by the imagination.
It was the time of cowboys, saloons, cattle rustling, gunslingers, and early railroads. Modeling an old wild west town also allows the possibility to incorporate a mining town from the same era in time, complete with gold miners, a mine chute, miners cabins, maybe a church, schools house and nearby railroad. Flexible track often referred to as flex track or flexi track , as its name implies, can be bent to any shape you want.
It usually comes in three-foot lengths. It has the advantage of being bendable which opens up new options when planning your layout. Flexible track can be curved or laid straight or any combination you wish. With ho flexible track there are usually fewer connections to worry about. It does however need to be nailed down to a board and the rails need to be trimmed to length as you bend the track.
Flexible track also enables you to go into a curve more gently and make the track fit your layout without the constraints of fixed sections. Ballasted track track surrounded by gravel adds more scenic realism to a layout. However, you need to make sure that the electrics are all sorted out and that all the rail joiners are tight fitting before you start ballasting. For yards you may want to use a finer grade of ballast to give the impression of more lightly laid lines, while on the mainline you might want more coarse ballast.
Rail modelling is a truly fabulous hobby that can provide decades of pleasure. There is definitely more to it than just operating locomotives. Designing and constructing scenery and scale structures is the highlight for many. The thrill of creating a miniature copy of a street or rural scene complete with mountains and tunnels can prove hugely rewarding.
Constructing ho scale buildings, bridges, walls, and tunnel portals can be tremendous fun, and not as expensive as buying new locomotives every few months. Downloading, printing, and constructing the scale paper models from this website is the way to go, because they use photographic images, so they look so authentic when placed in an HO railroad setting complete with other scenery features like roads, mountains, trees, and streams.
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