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Is the blue 12v track compatible with the gray 12v track? What about the points (switches)? Also, as far as track geometry is concerned, is 12v track compatible with 9v track? I know the electrics are different. (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12 volt train track: Blue versus Gray
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(...) Yes it is nearly identical: grey has double amount of sleepers and different sleeper (with snap locks). But where blue and grey meet you can simply use a white sleeper of the blue track, that is all. (...) Each system offers hand crafted (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12 volt train track: Blue versus Gray
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(...) of course if one wants to make the ties (sleepers) uniform in color, you just needs lots of dark grey 2x8 plates (or you could use white 2x8 plates instead of the dark grey ties). What surprised me a little is that the blue conducting rails do (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12 volt train track: Blue versus Gray
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(...) They obviously never planned to use the doubled amount of sleepers (ties). But it works find for 4.5 Volt. We did that one for our outdoor garden layout to make the track more stable and avoid derailments. (URL) > What about the (...) with (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12 volt train track: Blue versus Gray
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John Neal showed a really nice length of 4.5 track where he used 1x8 ties with 1 stud between them instead of 2x8 with 2 studs between them. It changed the entire look of the track! SteveB (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12 volt train track: Blue versus Gray
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(...) What is the easiest way to identify a 103 motor? I also have a 156 with the cutoff switch attachment for a 100 motor, is this useable at all with the 103 motor (not that one really needs it since the battery car has the cutoff and reversing (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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