Baseplate Adapter Track

[Craig Strader]

Hello everyone, I am back with a rather unique concept. I present to you the Baseplate Adapter Track.

As we all know baseplate are NOT like your standard plates. They are smaller and therefore can only be used for stacking purposes, which to be fair, a baseplate was only meant for display. 

 

This has been in the works for some time now, for I was inspired by the enormous library of train tracks that Trixbrix uses. I for one use their products for my layout for whenever I am going to display my Lego train layouts at tractor shows. However, going from ground level to a baseplate is challenging to say the least which is why I designed this piece of track. Say you have a 60050-train station set, and you want it on a baseplate. You can do that yes, but more problems arise when you do that. When it comes to train tracks on baseplates, straightforward is literally the only way to go, going up or down is even more treacherous. I'm pretty sure that I was not the only one experiencing some frustration because of such limitations. With this piece of track, you can connect the track on ground level and the tracks on the baseplate. 

 

You can see that the track goes up slightly because as mentioned before, baseplates are smaller than the actual plates. This piece of track was designed to bridge the gaps for those that want their stations on baseplates and still want their trains to take curves.

 

Here is the video of the track in action

https://bricksafe.com/files/Strader987/trains/VID_20240618_170120127.mp4

Let me know what you think of this.

[Murdoch17]

Sorry if this comes across as rude but, I don't understand the need for such a thing? It's like a millimeter or two difference in height - If somebody's train can't handle that, it needs a design rework. Baseplates can flex more than this, and track can not be pushed down all the way too.

Again, apologies, and It's a nice concept, but I don't understand what you're trying to do here. 

Edited June 18, 2024 by Murdoch17

[Craig Strader]

26 minutes ago, Murdoch17 said:

Sorry if this comes across as rude but, I don't understand the need for such a thing? It's like a millimeter or two difference in height - If somebody's train can't handle that, it needs a design rework. Baseplates can flex more than this, and track can not be pushed down all the way too.

Again, apologies, and It's a nice concept, but I don't understand what you're trying to do here. 

Kind of why I designed this track. It is so no one will have to redesign the track system when they can just go for a simple solution.

[Narissis]

I think what Murdoch is saying is that the problem this design is looking to solve doesn't really exist; the connections between regular pieces of straight track have enough room to flex that the track will naturally form this incline regardless.

That being said, I do appreciate the effort to create a piece that avoids any stressing of the track connections and provides a curved transition without the slight 'knuckles' that standard track develops when it's angled relative to adjacent pieces.