Thanks. Two other comments I hear are that the low profile sleepers mean you have to do something to raise it to meet the height of the PECO points, and that it’s hard to ballast for the same reason. Any experience of these issues? Ta.
I did not notice any of those issues in the fiddle yard but I'm using foam not Cork so maybe that's why. I will look into it and I haven't done any ballasting as I've not used it on the top of the layout yet . I was planning to complete the rest of the trackwork with the legacy track though so I will do a video on it in the future and look into it Regards Daniel
Note that the old stainless steel track is not the same as the current legacy track. The old stainless steel track would have needed much less cleaning, but would be extremely difficult to solder. The current track is very similar to other track (nickel silver) and thus should need cleaning approximately the same amount as any other nickel silver track. It is possible that a higher nickel content may retard speed of oxidation. It might be worthwhile making a controlled test between Legacy track and Peco track.
I am comparing it to my other peco track. Not steel track. I found I needed to clean it at least once a month especially if it's been sat around. And the legacy track make claims that their track can go for long periods without the need for cleaning. So that's what I'm testing. How long before I need to clean it. I will update on it when I finally do need to do some
Thanks. Two other comments I hear are that the low profile sleepers mean you have to do something to raise it to meet the height of the PECO points, and that it’s hard to ballast for the same reason. Any experience of these issues? Ta.
I did not notice any of those issues in the fiddle yard but I'm using foam not Cork so maybe that's why. I will look into it and I haven't done any ballasting as I've not used it on the top of the layout yet .
I was planning to complete the rest of the trackwork with the legacy track though so I will do a video on it in the future and look into it
Regards
Daniel
Note that the old stainless steel track is not the same as the current legacy track. The old stainless steel track would have needed much less cleaning, but would be extremely difficult to solder. The current track is very similar to other track (nickel silver) and thus should need cleaning approximately the same amount as any other nickel silver track. It is possible that a higher nickel content may retard speed of oxidation. It might be worthwhile making a controlled test between Legacy track and Peco track.
I am comparing it to my other peco track. Not steel track. I found I needed to clean it at least once a month especially if it's been sat around. And the legacy track make claims that their track can go for long periods without the need for cleaning. So that's what I'm testing. How long before I need to clean it. I will update on it when I finally do need to do some