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Subject: 
Re: Reshaping 4.5v track
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:22:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Wayne Jackson wrote:
I am wanting to use my old 4.5v tracks for a narrow gauge train that
will be 4 studs wide.

Obviously the straight track is fine, but it is the curve track that is
giving me some bother.  Can anyone suggest a solution?

I’ve had some success using a heat gun although you have to monitor the
temperature extremely closely. You could also try making small cuts on the
inside of the curve rails, but i've never tried this method myself.
ondrew



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  Reshaping 4.5v track
 
I am wanting to use my old 4.5v tracks for a narrow gauge train that will be 4 studs wide. Obviously the straight track is fine, but it is the curve track that is giving me some bother. Can anyone suggest a solution? (16 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains)

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