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tie strips to replace wooden ties

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Posted by piercedan on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:45 AM

Check out train-li-usa.com for their concrete American style ties and are available in many colors...LGB brown, Aristo/USA black, comcrete grey, and novelty colors.

See their add in Garden Railways.

 

These are made in the USA and are a lower cost than the above mentioned ties.

They also carry the Proline ties from Europe.

All of these are code 332 only.

 

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Posted by Curmudgeon on Monday, May 21, 2012 1:38 PM

Sunset Valley track and ties were originally built to prevent any other rail or ties from being used.....width of rail base, according to the last owner, Ted Sharpe.

That said, .332 is MUCH bigger rail, and the 250 Sunset Valley and Llagas specialize in won't work. You'll never get the rail into it.

That leaves you Aristo (USA and Euro design ties), LGB, and PIKO.

You can cut the bonds and straighten out tie sections to match your curvature.

Dave

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tie strips to replace wooden ties
Posted by rickl149 on Sunday, May 20, 2012 7:01 PM

I need to replace the wooden ties on my hand-laid code 332 track.  I think I want to go with plastic tie strips to save the work of hand-spiking them as well as to have them last longer.  I've looked on-line at Sunset Valley, ProTie, LGB and Aristo Craft.  Prices range from $2.66/ft to $1.18/ft  I was wondering if anyone out there had had especially good or bad experience with any particular brands.  I saw some good comments on Sunset  Valley track, and I'm kind of leaning that way for their ties.

Thanks for the help.

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