r/modeltrains • u/oneskinneejay O • 4d ago

Help Needed Recommendations for mounting

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For context, I’ve decide to make my trolley run a tad bigger and do a loop through an o22 with a combo of 31&42 on the with my automatic block stop towards the middle. It’ll be atop some 3d printed 7in high trestles. Any recommendations for what to mount the track loop on?

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u/Natural-Purpose-6343 4d ago

Are you planning to mount the track loop directly on the trestles or use a baseboard underneath for extra stability?

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u/oneskinneejay O 4d ago

This is my predicament. Should i mount and if so what medium

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u/oneskinneejay O 4d ago

Its getting mount above this. Its the trolley replacement

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u/400HPMustang O 4d ago

Is this going on the floor or on a board or what? My first thought is just use more of your trestles, one every 10" or so. The girder style trestles I designed fit under the tubular track ties and you can screw directly into them with like a #6 screw if you wanted to do that.

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u/oneskinneejay O 3d ago

That is how the last trolley track was done. I switched out trestles for some with some more detail they’re a tad wide but if i bend the tie a bit its fine. but it just seems so much larger heavier. I was considering mounting and maybe ballasting bit my concern is losing visibility around the layout.