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Cantery System

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Cantery System
Posted by Gorgeman on Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:44 PM
Does anyone out there know a good source
for purchasing a turn-key catenary system? I would like
to add to my layout, I don't like the over-size design
of the MTH railking design. I'm looking for a more
scale-like system,that could be added to my Atlas O layout -

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:01 PM
I'm not quite sure, but I believe the January issue of Classic Toy Trains had an easy, do-it-yourself tutorial on how to install a simple catenary system. You could check that out.
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Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Thursday, January 29, 2004 11:39 PM
Actually it was in the February issue, and it was a clever and simple way to get the look, without all of the work. I was wondering if it could be done with a code 70 or even a code 55 rail. However, those smaller sizes may not have the rigidity needed to span the same distances without additional support.
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Posted by Gorgeman on Saturday, January 31, 2004 12:01 AM
Thanks for the tips. Wi***here was an over the counter O scale
system,that did not require u-build from scratch. The MTH
system looks like it works o.k.,but is more "toy" like in design-
The O scalers must build em from scratch ,it appears !

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