Plexi Line - an odd clock

There were several thoughts with "The Plexi Line", I wanted to'"highlight" my interest in model trains, in reality, unobtrusive and minimalistic integrated in the living room, still as an interesting context feature, a kind of "piece of art".

I also had the idea of trains- fully automatic- running on timetable and that the railway could actually serve as a spectacular clock. Passenger train on the hour, cargo train every half hour, etc. This was in fact realized.

Plain simplicity was the basic idea. No scenery, no houses, nothing. Just plexi tubes with trains. I ordered L-profiles in 3mm acrylic with dimensions of 40 x 33 mm, in pairs forming a tube. I arranged so that it was "easy to lift the lid" for rail cleaning etc. Successful premiere in May 2004.

The layout was taken down a few years later when the living room was renovated. Sometime somewhere it will hopefully be mounted up again, finally integrated with the Nerdinge Line. See plan below.

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The Plexi Line followed the living room's four walls, except for a few meters between the two doors. It was a "dogbone", i.e. single track with a reverse loop at each end. The total mileage of one round was about 26 m, which means a good five kilometers to scale.

It also shows the idea of the future union of The Plexi Line and The Nerdinge Line

One of the reverse loops was on a small shelf, while the other, after some quandary, was decided to go in a tunnel inside the concrete wall. This cavity was made with a huge demolition hammer and a lot of transpiration. All the neighbors could hear. The wall was hard as granite. No finesse with forceps this time! Curve radius was the smallest possible: 10.5 cm.

 

 

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A kind of "cassette" was produced for the reverse loop in the wall to shut out the fine concrete dust.
The result. "The hole in the wall" is often hidden with pillows.