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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by rrinker If you are pretty set on using sectional track with built-in roadbed, Atlas True-Track is WAY superior to the Bachmann. Code 83, not 100, nickle-silver, not brass. And when you move to the next level of doing your own ballast, True-Track is removeable from the plastic base and becomes ordinary Atlas Snap-Track. --Randy [/quote] Randy - You are mistaken regarding rail material - Bachmann track comes in nickel-silver -(gray roadbed) - and steel (black roadbed). No brass. I believe you are correct in that it is all code 100. I have not worked with the Atlas product, but while researching roadbed track products, I saw that the Bachmann line was more extensive than either Atlas or Lifelike. I do think the removability of Atlas is a plus (appeals to my thrifty streak), but not if in the meantime (before advancing to roadbed and nailing down the track) my young son and I could not get the pieces we want to use. Kato Unitrack was more expensive, also maybe a narrow range. Also recently saw an opinion that the EZ-track stays together better than the TT. ballast? I thought that was put on top of the roadbed and track, so not (necessarily) confined to the "next level". I guess one would only ballast track that was expected to stay put for some time. Whether that is ordinary sectional or roadbed track is not, I expect, particularly relevant. Anyway my son and I aren't going to do that for some time, and I guess Spacemouse isn't near there yet either (except if/when he works at his club layout) regards, Scott
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