Hi,
I live in Spring (north of Houston) and about 2 miles from Spring Crossing and 4 miles from Larry's Hobbies. I've been to Papa Ben's once, but it was and is way too far for me. It is a neat store, and the folks there know their business.
ENJOY,
Mobilman44
ENJOY !
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
Mobilman,
I see you live in SE Texas. Papa Ben's Hobby Shop just re opened the new store after having to move. I saw these turnouts on the rack. Give Tom or Gary a call 713 523 5600. I don't work for the store I just think they are a great train store.
Chris
Never Mindddddd,
The FedEx guy just dropped off my sizeable order from Toy Train Heaven (a GREAT mail order house!), and included were several Atlas #8s. To answer my own question, the straight track length is 13 1/2 inches long.
If you have one, what is the length of the tangent (straight) track portion? I have several on order, but I need that dimension now so I can properly include them in my scale drawings for a new layout.
Thank you,