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Creating Blocks with Bachman roadbed track

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Posted by hcopter51 on Friday, March 2, 2012 10:04 AM

YesThanks to all for the info...I guess it can be done and I never knew anyone made track for this purpose either.....Geeked

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Friday, March 2, 2012 9:20 AM

A saw or a motor tool works just fine, unless you are of the sort that keeps moving things around.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, March 2, 2012 9:07 AM

dknelson

 

 Milepost 266.2:

 

You could use Atlas insulated rail joiners to make blocks.

 

 

Maybe, and I do not have an example of the Bachmann roadbed track at hand, but some makes of that typoe of integral track system have electrical connections that either do not depend on, or double up on, the rail joiners. 

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The rail joiners on the Bachmann EZ-Track are the same as the Atlas code 100 rail joiners made for Snap Track and flex track.

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Posted by dknelson on Friday, March 2, 2012 8:27 AM

Milepost 266.2

You could use Atlas insulated rail joiners to make blocks.

Maybe, and I do not have an example of the Bachmann roadbed track at hand, but some makes of that typoe of integral track system have electrical connections that either do not depend on, or double up on, the rail joiners. 

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Posted by Milepost 266.2 on Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:30 AM

You could use Atlas insulated rail joiners to make blocks.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, March 1, 2012 8:59 AM

I just cut a gap in the rails. Nothing to it.

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Posted by dknelson on Thursday, March 1, 2012 8:24 AM

Bachmann makes a track section that has an insulated gap built in

http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/bac/bac44597.htm

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Creating Blocks with Bachman roadbed track
Posted by hcopter51 on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:40 PM

Has anyone created electrical blocks with roadbed track?? Is it possible and how to do?? Thanks

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