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The oval is 27" X 38". This would require 4 straight sections of track. Two on each side of the oval. Each section of straight track is 5.5" in length. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) <razoredge442@aol.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Bob Fay" <rfay@we.mediaone.net> wrote in message news:GIt148.Kvy@lugnet.com... (...) Two (...) length. (...) The Metroliner is different from some of the other train sets in that it does come with four sections of straight track. In order for the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but I would have bet money that a piece of straight track was only 5" long. Which is it? -Jason (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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-- (...) You are right. The section of track adds 5" to the length of the track. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) of track has tabs that stick out on the end to connect to the next piece of track which makes it slightly longer (2 studs, IIRC. That would make it ~5.6"). Of course, because the tabs overlap each extra piece of track only adds 5 1/16". Steve (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I didn't remember correctly. It the overlap is offset by 1/2 stud making the total length only 17 studs (~5.35"). Steve (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ~5.6"). (...) Well I have the pieces in my hand right now and 8 pieces of track fit perfectly onto 4 32x32 (studs) baseplates end to end. My impression was that those baseplates were 10" square. So the track pieces would be approx. 5" each. I (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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