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Re: 5 points<long post>
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Mon, 5 Aug 2002 22:14:56 GMT
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"Even the wooden track systems don't have than many different pieces, and
that's a toy system almost exclusively for trains."
Perhaps I miss read this, but Brio has a ton of track elements...
Straights: 2", 4.25", 5.5", 8.5", & ramps.
Curves: 3.5", 6.5" 2 different radii (I thought there was 3).
Switches: 4 type (2 L&R handed, 2 "Y"s)
Other: double slip, 4x4 slip, T-switch, 2 cross tracks, turn table, 7 bridges...
http://www.briotoy.com/photolibrary_frame.html
Not to mention there are other sources for compatible track as well.
SteveB
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| (...) bridges... I wouldn't count ramps and bridges, at least in comparison to LEGO or other track systems (though these days you can get HO bridge track from at least one manufacturer, and bridge track is different from normal straight track, and (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Actually, I would argue that the 4.5v/12v turnouts have a better geometry than the 9v. Adjacent tracks touching looks a lot better (and gets more yard into a small space) than adjacent tracks being so far apart. Of course the 4.5v/12v geometry (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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