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Best place to get code 100 HO flex track in bulk

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Best place to get code 100 HO flex track in bulk
Posted by robkoz on Friday, December 2, 2016 8:31 AM

Building a shelf track around a perimeter of 17x11. Probably need 20 sections of track along with cork road bedding. Single track for now. Best place to buy? Thanks.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Friday, December 2, 2016 9:02 AM

I don't follow your math but, Modeltrainstuff.com will sell you 30' flex for 36.99

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Posted by CentralGulf on Friday, December 2, 2016 10:30 AM

Micro Engineering code 100  is $29.95 at Crusader Rail Services. They have the best flex track prices I could find.

http://www.crusaderrail.com/

No on line ordering you have to call. Their shipping is very reasonable. Track is over length for many shippers, which can add substantially to the cost with some vendors.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Friday, December 2, 2016 10:37 AM

CentralGulf
Micro Engineering code 100 is $29.95 at Crusader Rail Services. They have the best flex track prices I could find.

Trainworld and ModelTrainStuff have the same price for ME with 6 pieces of rail or 18'.  Ask before you buy at Crusader

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, December 2, 2016 10:42 AM

Sounds like you need 20 sections, not 20 feet, where a section is 3 feet long.

Modeltrainstuff is a bit cheaper than Trainworld, but you'd have to balance out shipping charges and sales tax.  Where are you on Long Island?  Trainworld is in Brooklyn and Trainland (same company) is in Lynbrook.

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Posted by robkoz on Friday, December 2, 2016 11:48 AM

BigDaddy

I don't follow your math but, Modeltrainstuff.com will sell you 30' flex for 36.99

 

 
Ha thanks! Fixed it! I meant 20 sections.
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Posted by robkoz on Friday, December 2, 2016 11:49 AM

MisterBeasley

Sounds like you need 20 sections, not 20 feet, where a section is 3 feet long.

Modeltrainstuff is a bit cheaper than Trainworld, but you'd have to balance out shipping charges and sales tax.  Where are you on Long Island?  Trainworld is in Brooklyn and Trainland (same company) is in Lynbrook.

I'm in Suffolk County. The 45 minute drive isn't worth it.

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Posted by CentralGulf on Friday, December 2, 2016 1:46 PM

BigDaddy

Trainworld and ModelTrainStuff have the same price for ME with 6 pieces of rail or 18'.  Ask before you buy at Crusader

Crusader prices are on line. Ordering is by phone. The only thing you have to ask at Crusader is shipping charge to your place and stock level. You deal directly with the owner.

For me, total cost at Crusader was cheaper than MBKlein, aka modeltrainstuff. I have bought a lot at MBK, but will go elsewhere if MBK is out of stock or I can get a better deal at another reliable seller.

Crusader also stocks at least some items that are inexplicably missing on the MBK web site, such as ME code 70 unweathered rail.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Friday, December 2, 2016 4:27 PM

LION used to buy the tracks of him from trainworld. ModelPower tracks were sold only in boxes of 100 pcs (300 feet), I gess the last batch was about $300.00 which was not a bad price about $3 a section.

LION went through three boxes of the stuff.

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Posted by Onewolf on Friday, December 2, 2016 5:35 PM

I've bought all the flex track for my layout from MBKlein.  Excellent price and service.  192 sections of ME code 83, 200 sections of Atlas code 83, and 125 sections of Atlas code 100.

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Posted by robkoz on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 2:50 PM

CentralGulf

 

 
BigDaddy

Trainworld and ModelTrainStuff have the same price for ME with 6 pieces of rail or 18'.  Ask before you buy at Crusader

 

 

Crusader prices are on line. Ordering is by phone. The only thing you have to ask at Crusader is shipping charge to your place and stock level. You deal directly with the owner.

For me, total cost at Crusader was cheaper than MBKlein, aka modeltrainstuff. I have bought a lot at MBK, but will go elsewhere if MBK is out of stock or I can get a better deal at another reliable seller.

Crusader also stocks at least some items that are inexplicably missing on the MBK web site, such as ME code 70 unweathered rail.

CG

 

Ray at Crusader was awesome to deal with! He just came back from a show in Boston and wasn't sure if he had enough flex track so he ran out in the rain to check and called be back! I'll be calling him back when it's time to lay the 2nd line.

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Posted by CentralGulf on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 3:01 PM

robkoz

Ray at Crusader was awesome to deal with! He just came back from a show in Boston and wasn't sure if he had enough flex track so he ran out in the rain to check and called be back! I'll be calling him back when it's time to lay the 2nd line.

Yeah

He's very easy to deal with.

CG

 

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