Tuesday, 21 July 2015

HO scale - Tie Plates

A good stockpile of tie plates ready for use this fall.
Monster modelworks have two styles of tie plates. They are laser cut on wooden sheeting. Although they are a bit pricey considering the exchange on the Canadian dollar Monster modelworks had a one day July 4th sale which was 20% off. I contacted Don Janes and put in an order for 4 sheets, two for each of us. I plan on using mine in a work service gondola and some piles around the yard in White River Jct. Will have to see, there might be another order in the future...I am sure they will get used up fast...George Dutka

Web site photo of how they may look when finished.
A pile of tie plates and a neatly stacked row of tie plates are seen in the Canaan, Ct. yard on May 31. 2015.
A close up look at the tie plate sheeting. I plan to try Floquil rail brown to start followed by rusty powders and chalks. Will fill you in on what works.


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  1. Trevor21 July 2015 at 10:10

    They look great - and you almost had me ordering some for a pile of tie plates next to my section house. Then I remembered: My branch didn't use tie plates under the rails when it was built, and that situation was apparently never rectified because photos taken in the 1950s show no tie plates under the rails on the so-called "main line".
    I look forward to seeing what you do with these...
    Cheers!
    - Trevor (Port Rowan in 1:64)

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  2. George Dutka21 July 2015 at 11:50

    Never knew that Trevor...hard to believe no tie plates on the mainline...guess they had really good ties back then...George

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  3. Trevor21 July 2015 at 16:12

    Hi George: It was more a case of really slow running and hardly used, I think. I scoured the photos in Ian Wilson's book on the branch - no tie plates south of Simcoe to Port Rowan! Funny thing - I actually bought photo-etched tie plates to do my layout before I learned this, so it could've been a rare case of building better than the prototype.
    Cheers!

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  4. Trevor21 July 2015 at 16:14

    Hi George:
    I think it was more a case of slow running and a lightly trafficked line. But no - no tie plates. I scoured prototype photos of the branch and couldn't find any. The funny thing is, I bought photo etched tie plates to detail my hand-laid track before I discovered this. Fortunately, figured it out before starting to build track, so I didn't have to "de-detail" anything...
    Cheers!
    - Trevor (Port Rowan in 1:64)

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    1. George Dutka21 July 2015 at 23:04

      Makes sense light traffic and slow track speed...thanks George

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