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[2c] There's another slight difference in brands of track other than price. The thickness and spcing of the ties and details such as tie plates and spike heads. I haven't bought track with plastic roadbed, so I couldn't say what brands have compatable roadbeds. Which is better? If you'e talking nichol silver, It's all good. It's just a matter of cost and preference. As for rail size, modern class 1 railroads use heavy rail which code 83 generally is used to model. Code 100 would be like super duty rail. Personally I'm planing on using code 100 for my main line and sidings (because I have so much from my first layout) and code 83 for my yard and engine terminal trackage. Maybe hand laid code 70 or 55 for old spurs or abandoned tracks. Old time railroads or low budget branch lines who don't have the money to keep up with the ever increasing weights of modern cars, use a rather light duty rail (see March 2004[url="http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/004/886hyqpq.asp"]Trains Magizine[/url] cover story ). So using code 70 for the main line and code 55 for yards and spurs would be appropriate to use for modeling the poorest of branch lines or nineteeth century trackage. HOWEVER many models have wheels with too deep of a flange to use on code 55 and maybe even code 70. You would have to follow [url="http://www.nmra.org/standards/consist.html#standards"]NMRA standards and recomended practices for fine scale[/url].
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