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two tone wrote:Mr-Ash, Try ebay you should find some on there
Yeah thats what I figured, its the only place I have seen some sofar.. mostly used/over priced though
Mr. Ash - don't know how urgent you are in need of this track but Märklin has resumed LGB track production and R3 (as well as other radii) will again be available at retailers -exactly when is uncertain but I would not be surpised if some started re-appearing shortly. Word has come down that the price increase is only 15% above late 2006 prices as compared to a 100% increase by Aristo that was announced after LGB (under former ownership) had officially stopped production. eBay has not been a great place to buy this track lately since desperate bidders who are unaware of the coming replenishment have pushed prices into ridiculous ranges.
A little patience will pay off.
AL
Nice, Ill try and wait a bit then. I got a bunch of straight track from a local hobby shop at $4 a foot (pretty much bought out what they had instock) dont want to spend to much
Mr_Ash wrote:Nice, Ill try and wait a bit then. I got a bunch of straight track from a local hobby shop at $4 a foot (pretty much bought out what they had instock) dont want to spend to much
Just curious as to how long the strights were. You don't want a lot (if any) of the 1, and 2 foot sections on your mainline, that is just asking for continuity problems. If so, it is very easy to clean the end of the rails and the inside of the joiners and solder them together. Thats what I did with a bunch of Aristo 1ft. sections and they are now 5ft.
gbbari wrote:Mr. Ash - don't know how urgent you are in need of this track but Märklin has resumed LGB track production and R3 (as well as other radii) will again be available at retailers -exactly when is uncertain but I would not be surpised if some started re-appearing shortly. Word has come down that the price increase is only 15% above late 2006 prices as compared to a 100% increase by Aristo that was announced after LGB (under former ownership) had officially stopped production. eBay has not been a great place to buy this track lately since desperate bidders who are unaware of the coming replenishment have pushed prices into ridiculous ranges. A little patience will pay off. AL
Just curious Al, do you happen to have any estimation on price for the new track? I was thinking about ripping out my 332 and switching to possibly code 250 because I cannot afford any of the Aristo stuff. Or maybe a website? Thanks.
Train 284 wrote: Mr_Ash wrote: Nice, Ill try and wait a bit then. I got a bunch of straight track from a local hobby shop at $4 a foot (pretty much bought out what they had instock) dont want to spend to much Just curious as to how long the strights were. You don't want a lot (if any) of the 1, and 2 foot sections on your mainline, that is just asking for continuity problems. If so, it is very easy to clean the end of the rails and the inside of the joiners and solder them together. Thats what I did with a bunch of Aristo 1ft. sections and they are now 5ft.
Mr_Ash wrote: Nice, Ill try and wait a bit then. I got a bunch of straight track from a local hobby shop at $4 a foot (pretty much bought out what they had instock) dont want to spend to much
Mostly 4' sections with some 2' sections, I dot have any 1' pieces ATM
Ridge Road Station has lots of LGB brass R3 curves instock now! Some R3 switches too
Mr_Ash wrote: Ridge Road Station has lots of LGB brass R3 curves instock now! Some R3 switches too
I think they have some of the best prices as of now. I looked on a lot of sites and seems ridgeroad is the best.
Yes they do have very good prices on track, Shipping is fast too!
I have been noticing that in the last month or so Ridge Road has been getting alot more LGB items instock
Have fun with your trains
Yeah thats what I figured they have gotten a bunch of LGB turnouts, various rollingstock and a bunch of misc accessories instock last couple weeks. When I ordered my last case of 12 R3 curves I put the quanity upto 500 just to see what they had and it said can not add more than current stock of 493 so they got a few dozen cases of R3
Got my fingers crossed they get some more of those lighted LGB caboose marker lights soon
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