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Re: More Useless Info (was: Small Gauge Train Tracks ??)
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 10 Apr 2001 22:46:30 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes:
> 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 pitch. Turnouts and cross tracks
> won't work at all though (the wheel basically rides in the groove
> between the conductor rails, and the turnouts and cross tracks don't
> have that groove all the way through).
Incidentally, I remember when I was a kid noticing that HO scale trains
actually run OK in 4-wide tracks - they run on the lower edge of the flange.
Pretty useless but I just thought I'd throw it in 8?)
ROSCO
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 | | Re: Small Gauge Train Tracks ??
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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