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Track Survey
Posted by traindaddy1 on Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:45 PM

OK!   Now that we exposed our ages........How about a new survey!

What type of track do you use?      

I will start.  O27 Tubular      As always, many thanks.

 

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Posted by dwiemer on Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:11 PM

Three levels of Fastrack, one level of O27, and one level of G.

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Posted by jmkk on Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:11 PM
Lionel "o"

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:37 PM

Atlas 21st Century O

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:11 PM

One lower loop of Gargraves Phantom and the other two lower loops are Lionel and Williams " O " gauge tubular track with 12 Lionel "022" switches. The upper loop is Lionel tubular and Gargraves mixed. The trolley loop is Lionel "027" tubular.

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Posted by DCmontana on Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:22 PM

Lionel and K-Line O with O-22 switches.  I would like to switch to gargraves and ross switches!

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Posted by anjdevil2 on Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:48 PM

Fastrack on the main lines.

Totally Tubular on the Trolley line, Dude!

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Posted by rickoshay on Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:48 PM

Lionel 027 tubular and 1122 switches. 

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Posted by runtime on Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:38 PM

90% Lionel 031 tubular (8-022 switches,5 more pending), 5% Lionel 072 (1-072 switch pending, 5% Gargraves (1-98"R switch, 1 pending).

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Posted by marxalot on Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:00 PM

Gargraves phantom tin plate with Ross turnouts.

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Posted by rha90272 on Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:10 PM

 Just switched from O-31 tubular to Lionel Fastrack with O-48 minimum curves, and some O-60.

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Posted by lynbrookyankee on Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:20 PM

Tubular 0 but I just bought my first Fastrack to use around the Christmas tree.

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Posted by dsmith on Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:25 PM

Lionel 027 tubular

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Posted by BMRR on Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:29 PM

Lionel FasTrack with 0-48 curves.

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Posted by jwse30 on Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:58 PM

O27 tubular with K-Line switches. Curves are 27", 34", or 42" on my permanent layout.

Fastrack for under the tree last Christmas. Had 2 starter sets worth of track and used most of it. Curves were o36. Last year was the first year I had a train under the tree since I was a kid. I wonder why I waited so long?

 

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Posted by kehoesj on Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:01 PM

O27 Tubular for the 10 x 10 layout, circa 1986.  Fastrack for the Loop around the Christmas tree.

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Posted by Chessie3566 on Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:09 PM

O27

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Posted by magicman710 on Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:17 PM

Previously ScaleTrax, now Atlas 21st Century Track.

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Posted by lionelsoni on Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:31 PM

O27 (with O27, O34, O42, O54, and O71 curves)

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:51 PM

Unfortunately I used MTH REALTRAX Sad

Never again!!!

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Posted by LawsonFarmsRR on Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:06 PM

 I see I am in the minority, but ATLAS O all the way - And I love it!

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Posted by crip on Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:13 PM
FASTRACK WITH O36 CURVES

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Posted by wyomingscout on Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:18 PM

Lionel totally tubular, totally 027.

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Posted by ACF1001 on Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:10 PM

My outer loop uses Lionel Fastrack. The inner track is MTH Realtrax along with Lionel STD O operating tracks.  Smile

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Posted by Train-O on Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:42 PM

I've used Lionel '027' & 'O' gauges, but for Christmas of '07 our daughter and her family ordered from Santa the Lionel "North Pole Central Lines Christmas Set" for me and it came with FasTrack.

From now on I'll be buying and using FasTrack, as Pall Mall's slogan said; "You Can Light Either End."

With FasTrack you can use either end. 

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Posted by brianel027 on Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:53 PM

I don't really know that one track system is so much better than the others. But what I do know is you have to live within your means and learn to be content with that. And that includes buying trains.

I not only use Lionel 027 track, but am actually quite content and happy with it too! I use Lionel 027 of postwar and modern vintage. I sometimes wish K-Line had put more effort on the low end and had come out with those revised 027 switches years sooner... if they had, I'd probably be using those instead.

brianel, Agent 027

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Posted by baberuth73 on Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:02 PM

027 tubular

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Posted by joetrains on Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:03 PM

O gauge tubular.     Smile

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Posted by cnw1995 on Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:07 PM

And here I thought I was the only one using O-27 tubular with 0-27 curves. How encouraging!

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Posted by Garfield on Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:40 PM

 K Line SuperSnap O31

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