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Re: Small Gauge Train Tracks ??
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:11:28 GMT
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johnneal@&NoSpam&uswest.net
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Shaun Sullivan wrote:
> Are there any commonly-used custom track styles that can accomodate the
> small train wheels on a 4-stud-wide scale? That is to say, if you have
> the small train wheels mounted on a 2x2 plate w/ two axle posts off the
> sides, what can you build to use for track? I would like to make a
> small equipment cart that follows rails, and while I have a number of
> small train wheels and axles to pin them on, I have nothing for them to
> run on right now.
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> The small wheels I'm talking about are the ones found in set #4541, the
> Road-n-Rail Service Truck:
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> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4541
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> Any thoughts or ideas? I'm hoping there might be a universally used
> method that works beautifully, but which I haven't stumbled on yet,
> being rather new to all things train. Thanks in advance ...
Shaun-
You can use the 4.5 volt track and it works rather nicely, although I'm
not sure if the curves work out correctly.
-John
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> shaun
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| (...) 4.5v track will work for straights, but the curves won't. I did experiment though with 12v track. By using the conductor rail, you can get a semi-workable narrow guage. The problem is that the conductor rails aren't quite centered on the stud (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| Are there any commonly-used custom track styles that can accomodate the small train wheels on a 4-stud-wide scale? That is to say, if you have the small train wheels mounted on a 2x2 plate w/ two axle posts off the sides, what can you build to use (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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