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Re: train tracks
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 3 Feb 2001 18:53:17 GMT
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CMASI@CMASI.spamcakeCHEM.TULANE.EDU
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Frank Buiting wrote:
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> "Daniel Staudt" <dstaudt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3A786AE1.1081DB2B@hotmail.com...
> > question:
> > are the train tracks of old (late 80's early 90's) the same size as
> > current tracks?
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> Old train tracks are the same lenght but for the rest very different. One
> stretch of 12V track is build from two rails and three sleepers (2x8 plates
> with special 'connectors' for the track) and a conducting center piece .
> Actually the blue 12V track had two regular 2x8 plates to create a track
> piece. In curves there are seperate pieces for the inside and outside curved
> rails.
>
> > do the tracks fit together?
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> No, the 9V track has conducting rails while the 12V track has a seperate
> piece in the middle. I think it is possible to put the conducting 12V piece
> in the middle of 9V track but then you would be unable to use switches and
> crossings.
The curved 12v power tracks that fit in the middle of the rails will not fit on
the 9v rails without a little filing. The extra sleepers on the 9v rails cause
problems with some plastic bits on the bottom of the 12v 3rd rail.
Also, because the wheels used on the 4.5/12v series trains are so wide, they
will eventually knock the 9v power thingies off the track.
Chris
> > to the cars fit on the tracks?
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> The width is the same, 12V wheelsets fit perfectly on 9V track and vice
> versa.
> You could lineup the both track types and the wheelsets have no problem
> switching the track type but you would have to use another way to power the
> motor (like the 4.5V trains, they carry their power with them and makes them
> independant of track type).
>
> -Frank
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| "Daniel Staudt" <dstaudt@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3A786AE1.1081DB...ail.com... (...) Old train tracks are the same lenght but for the rest very different. One stretch of 12V track is build from two rails and three sleepers (2x8 plates (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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