I’ve just converted to Fastrack and I’m having trouble getting my track into the station’s metal housing - I’ve already removed the side piece, but it doesn’t seem to fit right. I don’t want to force it so I’m counting on all of you!
swarthy—>first off [#welcome].
Since a milk platform would be on a siding, why not use a fastrak switch to run a spur line to your accessory. Then you can use an adaptor track to run a piece of tubular track to your platform.
Hello swarthmoredoc,
You need to get you a nice steak knife or something similar that will cut plastic and slice off the little things that keep the outer pices on. There are 2 on each side of the section, I believe. When you try to fit it into the platform, you will see the little piece thats not falling in. Just cut it off, it wont hurt anything, there are 3 more to keep the sides on.
Hope this helps.
swarthmoredoc,
It’s “been there, done that” at this site:
I agree it is difficult with that piece. The FasTrack is difficult to work with in these areas. My solution was to use a O gauge UCS and use two FasTrack O gauge adapter tracks at each end. That was the cleanest smoothest way for me.
I did the adapter thing as well. But $35 for the activator track and then the adapter pieces make it an expensive way to go. I will use my dremel and modify a FasTrac piece for the corral.
But we are not talking about a corral here. Where talking about the milk stand.
Wouldn’t this be a solution?
The website does not specify this, but ballast on each side is removable. [;)]
LS1Heli
I was referring to the milk platform when I said I used the activator and transition pieces. If you would have not been so quick to fire off a worthless snappy remark you would have realized I meant when I install the corral I would do it differently than the milk platform.
Before they came out with the activator track with removable sides, I removed the base from my milk platform, and replaced it with a much smaller wood base.
Swarthmoredoc, Do you live in Swarthmore, PA? If so, I’m a few minutes away. I live near the Moylan/Rose Valley train station. Joe