[Doug]

I use the Tillig HO/HOe track. It is very good. I use the shared track here as a programming track for my DCC system so I can program the HO/OO locos and the HOe locos in the same place. The programming track can be switched from programming mode to normal DCC so locos can drive on and off.

There is sometimes a problem with shorts on the adaptor piece (above) if both the HO and the HOe lines are powered up at the same time so I use a switch to switch between the two. The downside is that I can't have HO and HOe locos running at the same time on this piece of track, but it isn't a problem.

You can see the switch lever sticking up between the exit rails of the HO/HOe adaptor.

Regarding connecting Tillig to Peco, I have done this in a few areas. I shim the Tillig track with card and stick everything down with PVA. I use a long piece - about 20cm, then a shorter piece - about 7cm, to build up the 'ramp' from the shorter Tillig to the higher Peco. Make sure the rail tops are level and the inner faces of the two types of rail are lined up.

 

[Doug]

I tried connecting them both at the same time, but I always got a shot where indicated above so I installed a switch (indicated). Try it out, perhaps you won't have a problem with HOm. You can paint a little varnish over the area where the short occurs. That could help if the other wheels continue to pick-up the current.

 

[Doug]

QUOTE (34C @ 17 Nov 2008, 11:41) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>... If only there was mixed gauge track in the UK. Very tempted by the Tillig dual gauge stuff, particularly the chance to incorporate a sway.

I was looking at this article on the BBC about photojournalist David White who set out - using non toxic methods - to recreate some of Robert Howlett's images of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's engineering achievement.

I saw this:

It looks like dual gauge track laid on a coastal line (Teignmouth?). Is it a dual gauge or just some sort of indicator rail?

 

[Doug]

Not in this photo. This is at sea level. It is probably a spare rail lying in the 4'.