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I've used a couple of different things for telephone and electric cables: Electric cables tend to be much heavier and therefore have much more sag between the poles, a Spandex or Lycra thread for these would have to be used carefully or they would be too straight and tight. I just asked my wife (who's into cross-stitching) to get me some smoothi***hread. In the end I just used a regular cotton machine thread for utility cables on the club layout module I've just refurbished. For telephone/telegraph lines I used a different approach. A lot of telephone wires back in the 50s (the era I model) were still bare copper. Although there is a slight slack between poles they are much more taught. I had difficulty buying Lycra thread here in the UK so I used a different approach .... I unravelled a section of a lady's Nylon stockings (guys - get permission before you try this - if your wife finds you pulling a pair of her stockings to bits you won't know how much trouble you'll be in !!!!!!!!)[swg] Although it takes a little while to produce enough thread the Nylon / Lycra mix thread is just right thickness for telephone lines, they come in appropriate brown or grey colours, and the Lycra has give in it so you can catch the lines when your cleaning the track and not have the lines break.
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