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K-Line trestles for FasTrack

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K-Line trestles for FasTrack
Posted by fastrackjonnie on Monday, October 2, 2006 2:06 PM

I didn't have good results with the FasTrack trestle set and took it back to the dealer.  I know I can use the regular Lionel trestles and screw the FasTrack onto them but it appears that they may be undersized for the job.

I'm now looking at the possibility of using K-Line trestles (K41812) with Fastrack.  They are available on the internet but I don't know whether they would work any better than the regular Lionel trestles.

Does anyone have any idea whether the K-Line trestles would be a good alternative?

FTJ

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Posted by GPJ68 on Monday, October 2, 2006 4:56 PM

I just picked up a set of the graduated trestles (K-41811) to use with O27.  The instruction sheet says these were intended for use with traditional tubular, Atlas O, K-Line shadow, etc  - no mention of bedded track like Fastrack or MTH's version.  The width of the trestle top is @ 1/32 of an inch shy of 3 inches (or 2 & 31/32" wide).  So how wide is the Fastrack base?

 

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Posted by eZAK on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 4:02 PM
FTJ,
I think you would be better off useing Gargraves or Atlas for your elevations.

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 10:08 PM
FasTrack is 3.5 inches wide at the base.

Regards, Roy

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