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K-Line shadow rail track

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K-Line shadow rail track
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:54 PM

Hello everyone,

I was just wondering what some opinions are of K-Line's shadow rail track, and if it will work ok with my Lionel CW80 transformer. I recently put a K-Line engien on layaway and may be interested in some of the track as well. Thanks in advance,

PJ

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Posted by Dr. John on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:58 PM
I used Shadowrail extensively on a former layout. It's basically tubular track with extra ties and a blackened center rail. I thought it worked well and I would not hesitate to use it again. I had no problems with conductivity or sparking with the center rail. It should work fine with your CW80.
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Posted by jimhaleyscomet on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:26 PM

I have had good luck with K-line snap track as well.

Jim H 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:47 PM
Thank you for the info, guys. I think I will try it out.
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Posted by Roger Bielen on Thursday, March 22, 2007 6:41 AM
One thing to consider is that the availibility of K-line track is probably the track currently on hand.  Other than switches Lionel doesn't catalogue any K-line track.
Roger B.

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