Lionel FasTrack 1 3/4" fitter sections

[4kitties]

My local hobby shop is out and says these are out of stock nationwide. I presume it's because Lionel underestimated demand. Has anyone heard when these might be in stores again?

Joel

[Jumijo]

Charles Ro has a ton of them. I was just there Saturday. Give them a call.


Jim

[danguarddog]

I needed two of them. I searched the internet til I found them. Had to pay 8 dollars in shipping, but I had to have them. I found them at gryzboski trains. Could have kicked myself too because two weeks earlier I had order some items from them and could have saved 8 dollars in shipping by having them shipped with my big order. Oh well.
Dan

[Roger Bielen]

My local dealer is out and doesn't know when to expect them. I needed one for my Christmas layout, luckily I had enough of a straight run and could force closing the loop without dire consequence. Now I have until next Christmas to find one. I'm too frugal, i.e. cheap, to spend more on shipping than the item is worth.

[BillP1]

My "local" (40 miles away) dealer thinks new production of fitter pieces may be available in March.

------------------------- Bill

[Anonymous]

Yes, we're being told they'll be available again in late March.


Paul

[4kitties]

I got lucky, I went to the Great Scale Model Train show in Timonium, MD last Saturday, which in the past few years has included a fair number of toy trains and dealers. In the far back corner of the "scale" building was a dealer with a whole box of the 1-3/4" sections. I only needed 2 but I bought 4, and I was glad I did! The layout I was trying to assemble needed 3 of the 4 in order for everything to line up properly.

Thanks for all your input. Now that I know the final track geometry, I can begin the scenic design of next season's Christmas layout. It's never too early!

Joel