Well whataya know!

Recently I was in search of additional supplies to help me continue to build The Omega Scale Railway. I am always upgrading when I can. I was in a particular craft store looking for one thing when out of the blue. Eureka! I found it! When I first planned The Omega Scale Railway, I had envisioned a subsurface conveyor. A continuous component to power the locomotives. What I first used was a braided poly cord of about one quarter inch diameter. The one I got was white in color. Open braids. When I decided to reduce the width of the conveyor chamber, It was because I found a braided cord that was 5/32nds of an inch, relaxed untightened width. Still available in white. The cord worked basically well, with one drawback. The open braid structure was a little prone to “picking”. A “little prone” if it happened raised havoc with any equipment that was involved. Typically it caused a bent retainer and then it was down hill from there. Sometimes a ripped out retainer occurred. Damaged turnout might happen. So, when I spied something at the craft shop I was elated. What was it? Drum roll please. It was paracord. Paracord? You may be surprised and wondering. Yes, paracord. Not just any paracord, but a smaller diameter paracord. About the same size as the braided cord but with a much tighter braid. Almost solid looking. And...get this, it was BLACK in color. Serendipity! What is the significance you may wonder? Well, black basically disappears when installed. Well, not disappear, but much less prominent. This is much better. I suppose a basic gray or dark brown might be even better, but this is very useable for the OSR. Yours, still elated, omscaler