Gauge One

www.lespetitstrainsdeseilhac.com/ is a large outdoor Gauge 1 system in Correze, open to the public. Worth a visit, and a chat with the owner.

I finally got round to extending g1 out of the confines of the poolhouse. As is blindingly obvious I am making no attempt to landscape it but it does make it possible to put the track down in an afternoon, and I would have been running had it not been for even further deterioration in the LGB track assembly process. For an example of what I mean please see www.monsieurvapeur.fr/marklin/lgb/en_news.htm . Of course I will have to scrape the corrosion off of the older rails before I can run most of conventional dc locomotives but I have a fairly powerful methanol-electric loco that can drag one of the heavier duty cleaner fitted wagons albeit with a risk of oil spray. I know that there are a couple of alternative mechanical track cleaning systems but has anyone any experience as to whether any of the anti-corrosion products actually work? My thoughts are that to resist corrosion it must form a film, and the film is unlikely to be conductive, if a wheel or skate pushes through the film to make contact then unless the film "heals" quickly the corrosion is going to start.  I might try a sacrificial anode for once. I could also benefit from a really permanent weedkiller, 30cm horizontal seepage permitted. I have tried several of the common garden shop pathway products and I guess I will now have to give salt a try perhaps with a strip of rubberoid pretend ballast to block light. Pic of cheapskate underlay now in the "ballast /underlay" area.

Not traffic but I suspect this might be what what you are after. For the moment the simpler locos are running better though the digital do make it around.
Agreed if you think it is a lot of engine for not many coaches. If it were not UP i'm not entirely certain as to which road I would favor, certainly NYC, ATSF and PRR would be in the running for the steam locomotives. If limited to post steam I would probably stick with UP for the enormous range, turbines to sw1500 and smaller but I have to hand the winning colour scheme to the Santa Fe warbonnet, surely the global icon of american diesels.