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Offline Electrix  
#1 Posted : 18 November 2024 10:46:35(UTC)
Electrix

United Kingdom   
Joined: 18/11/2024(UTC)
Posts: 5
Location: England, Colsterworth
Hi

I recently bought a double HO Locomotive Shed that I’d like to use with HO scale C-Gleis track. The problem is that the two lanes in the loco shed are 54mm apart from centre to centre and the standard track spacing between C-Gleis track is 77.5mm.

Is there anyway that I can bring the two lines of C-Gleis closer together? I did think about using a curved turnout with a large radius curve on the inside and a small radius curve on the outside but don’t have any large radius track or software on my phone that I could use to experiment with.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer
Offline JohnjeanB  
#2 Posted : 18 November 2024 11:25:23(UTC)
JohnjeanB

France   
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC)
Posts: 3,550
Location: Paris, France
Hi Electrix
First of all thanks for joining us.
One possibility to your problem is to use slim C track turn-outs.
Another is to use a short S-shaped track to get narrow like this
24630-before.jpg
This is not very prototypical

So there is a last method which is surgery
Using a Dremel or Proxxon hand tool and a diamond cutting disk, I shortened a deviation track and added a shortened curve to keep the C Track ending.
Here it is at first cut without any adjustment or trimming

sans titre.jpg

When finished it looks like this
sans titre 1.jpg
And in the layout
sans titre 2.jpg

Notes:
- the big advantage is you can do whatever geometry you wish
- doing this on a 3 way turnout makes things a bit more complicated but start using old, broken C track pieces to get you used to surgery.
- on the 3 wayturnout I had to keep the anchoring of the driving solenoid hence the funny rail cut

Cheers
Jean
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Offline Copenhagen  
#3 Posted : 18 November 2024 12:52:58(UTC)
Copenhagen


Joined: 23/04/2019(UTC)
Posts: 491
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
If you have a PC a layout software like Scarm (google it) can be used for free in a limited version. There is a learning curve in using it for sure. There is a measuring tool included so you can set up two tracks with the desired distance and see how to connect them to another track. It will take some fiddling to find the right solution.
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Offline PeFu  
#4 Posted : 18 November 2024 13:49:06(UTC)
PeFu

Sweden   
Joined: 30/08/2002(UTC)
Posts: 1,286
Our C track oracle Alsterstreek has some hints here:

https://www.marklin-user...d-innovations#post589452

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Offline Electrix  
#5 Posted : 19 November 2024 13:58:38(UTC)
Electrix

United Kingdom   
Joined: 18/11/2024(UTC)
Posts: 5
Location: England, Colsterworth
Thanks for the advice and links!
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