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Track gang and scrap yard accessories

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Track gang and scrap yard accessories
Posted by CSXect on Saturday, July 29, 2006 9:16 PM
Anyone have them and what do you think of them?
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Posted by fifedog on Sunday, July 30, 2006 3:18 PM

If you are refering to the Lionel FASTRACK accessories, I've seen them on several layouts (not my own, I use K-Line track) and they are neat.  I would encourage  placing the track gang accessory on a spur to the layout edge, and use a momentary push button to activate same... I have noticed that this accesory will "wear-out" some if left continuously on.  The scrap yard accesory I don't quite get.  We have a scapyard on the west side of town, and I've never seen them dismantle anything on a siding.

All in all, I like Lionel's new track a lot.  It has a great profile, and they have provided a lot of expansion pieces.  What I don't like about it --- too ridged.  Tubular or Gargraves gives you that extra "wiggle" room if things down line up jesssst right.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 21, 2006 8:25 PM
 CSXect wrote:
Anyone have them and what do you think of them?
  Well hello i spent 2 days with a thermite rail gang taking hundreds of photos of  welding ribbon rail together glennbob

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