Well, the current Lionel website makes no mention of the new turnouts at all. So maybe the manual turnouts will follow. AS info he current art copy from Charles Ro for the new turnout is an airbrushed image of a lionel 6-12017 036 manual turnout with the center rail removed.
I went up to Lena, IL yesterday for the "Stove Top Gang"'s annual train show and swap-meet at the Lena schools complex. Still going today, if you are in the area of northern IL, southern WI, or eastern IA. The event seems to draw more Flyer collectors than any other in our area, possibly because there's an S-Scale club in nearby southern Wisconsin.
Why it's revelant to this thread is that I found a vendor with a supply of the new AF Fastrack. I got 10 peices of straight for $40. He was kind of confused about the part that I didn't require any curved or terminal sections. I have three more S-Trax transition sections gluing up on the workbench as I type. Then I have to get out the tiny paintbrushes, so my day is planned out.
But what really made the trip worth while was that I ran across a vendor with a starter set of S-Trax for the incredible price of $20! I don't really need more curved sections, but it means I paid $5 apiece for straight track. When a box of 6 sections of straight is currently going for $56 on eBay!
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Bayville, NJ
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banjoflyer Well, the current Lionel website makes no mention of the new turnouts at all. So maybe the manual turnouts will follow. AS info he current art copy from Charles Ro for the new turnout is an airbrushed image of a lionel 6-12017 036 manual turnout with the center rail removed. Also the current SHS retail price for a turnout is $55.00 and they are not available. Let's hope Lionel actually makes the product.
The new Lionel catalogues went online today.
http://www.lionel.com/Products/Catalogs/Catalog.cfm?CatalogID=78&CatalogUID=DDAE43C2-1016-347D-DC5ECF578C58070A&pageID=2075
The fasttrack switches are listed with an MSRP of $89.99. The $10 transition track is also shown, and as suspected it's merely a length of straight track modified to accept the classic AF track on one end.
Hello again, ..just a thought:
With the release of the stand alone American Flyer catalog for 2012 we see Lionel offering a transition track to make the connection between original tubular track and the new Fastrack...6-49858 ($9.99 retail).
S-Helper still offers a set of transition pins:
00393
(retail $4.95 / 12) which allowed a transition between original Flyer tubular track and S-Helper track.
Maybe all that's needed to transition between S-Helper and Fastrack is the set of S-Helper transition pins and 1 section of Fastrack transition track. I would guess one would still have to remove the connector clip on the S-Helper section but if that's all the surgery required it seems pretty easy to do.
Hey...just a thought.
Mark
Talked to Lionel last week and they don't know when any products as far as S gauge Fast Track will be released and that most Fasr Track products are on hold with a tentative plan to release Fast Track switched in the middle of next month. The rep had nothing more to say on this subject.
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stebbycentral banjoflyer: Well, the current Lionel website makes no mention of the new turnouts at all. So maybe the manual turnouts will follow. AS info he current art copy from Charles Ro for the new turnout is an airbrushed image of a lionel 6-12017 036 manual turnout with the center rail removed. Also the current SHS retail price for a turnout is $55.00 and they are not available. Let's hope Lionel actually makes the product. The new Lionel catalogues went online today. http://www.lionel.com/Products/Catalogs/Catalog.cfm?CatalogID=78&CatalogUID=DDAE43C2-1016-347D-DC5ECF578C58070A&pageID=2075 The fasttrack switches are listed with an MSRP of $89.99. The $10 transition track is also shown, and as suspected it's merely a length of straight track modified to accept the classic AF track on one end.
banjoflyer: Well, the current Lionel website makes no mention of the new turnouts at all. So maybe the manual turnouts will follow. AS info he current art copy from Charles Ro for the new turnout is an airbrushed image of a lionel 6-12017 036 manual turnout with the center rail removed. Also the current SHS retail price for a turnout is $55.00 and they are not available. Let's hope Lionel actually makes the product.
Just another wait and see from LIONEL. It is just like there catalog that you only can print half the pages. The pages that did print out, only half the images printed. I even did like there American Flyer catalog for 2012. I just wanted to print out a copy for future reference, when I will place an order. Another one step forward and two steps back for LIONEL. Maybe I can get them to send me a copy? I will wait and see!
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Hi, yes the AF online catalog is not too user friendly when it comes to printing selections from it.
Copies are available however. I was at a train show last weekend and a vendor was selling them for $3.00. They are available on ebay for $3.00 but the shipping costs exceed the purchase price.
Good luck securing a copy.
Oh, by the way, if one was to buy one of everything in the catalog (counting the same engine with hi-rail or scale wheels as two separate items) your total cost would be nearly $24,500.00!
According to Lionel they do not have release dates to produce track for any gauge or accessories for any gauge and that have no date when manufacturing will start again. I don't know what this means but it can't be good. One rumor I heard was that Wlliams had bought the plant Lionel uses to produce these but no one really know as a few months ago Lionel was talking bankruptcy again.
Lionel shipping schedule , Nov 12 Fasttrack Switches.
Charles Ro show.
AF FT MANL SWITCH LH 20IN RAD and RH 20 in. radius in-stock.
OT7 Charles Ro show. AF FT MANL SWITCH LH 20IN RAD and RH 20 in. radius in-stock.
MTH shows switch out of stock.
A/F Fast Track switch in stock.
I only wish that someone would make a switch in a configuration that is larger than the original Flyer switch. This is why I like American models track!
Lionel new website links not working.
Who can afford such track? You definitely cannot build a medium to large layout with switches costing that much! Let's see if they will be produced, at their cost I doubt many will be pre ordered.
Major Who can afford such track? You definitely cannot build a medium to large layout with switches costing that much! Let's see if they will be produced, at their cost I doubt many will be pre ordered.
the fast track has been out for about 4 months now . as for the switches, don't hold your breath. at fall york they admitted there were some design problems. when askes about the cost, would not give a straight answer because they want it to be TMCC capitable. so expect the switches , if they do deliver to list from around 75-95 retail.
Nickolas Smith in Broomall PA has the straights and the curves and the terminal tracks. No uncoupler yet or operating track section yet also/
R20 Remote/Command switches now in stock. Took 3 years 8 months!
I recently purchased 12 Lionel Flyer Fastrack curve and 11 straight sections and am having trouble connecting sections together. Except for a pair of straight sections which I got to mate with some difficulty, the rest that I have tried so far (about half a dozen) will start to join when I fit the rail joiners but stop short when I try to join the sections beyond that. Consistently they get within 7/32" of each other (i.e. There is a persistent gap that size between the ends I am trying to join) and refuse to close any further. Apparently a small number of other folks have encountered this problem as well. Does anyone have a solution, short of my sending the entire batch back to the mail order retailer as defective? Thank you.
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