Track

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to decide whether to use kato, atlas, or pico track what do you prefer?

-Matt

[Anonymous]

Atlas Code 83 Flex Track, the best of the best.

[tomwatkins]

I use Atlas code 83 flextrack. I really like it.
Tom Watkins

[Anonymous]

Micro Engineering...the best flex track there is.

and i use Walthers turnouts. i really like them.

[EL PARRo]

I use Atlas code 83 flextrack with Walthers and Micro Engineering turnouts.

[nslakediv]

I use Atlas Code 83 switches & flex, walthers Code 83 switches and now I see Peco is got a new line of switches coming out that look like U.S. track, I am about done with laying track but might try a Peco if I have a situation for it. Once weathered they all look good.

[Anonymous]

I have never used any of the track you have listed in your poll. I am using shinohara code 70 on my new layout. #8 switches
No problems yet

[Anonymous]

I've used Fleischmann, Peco & Atlas Code 100 in the past.

Now I use Micro Engineering track with Walthers/Shinohara Turnouts. more delicate to work with, but oh so much nicer looking.

[orsonroy]

I prefer Peco switches for their reliability, high quality and durability. To me, flextrack is pretty much all the same, with the exception of Micro Engineering, which is the best LOOKING track you can buy or build. It's delicate though.

I use ONLY Peco switches (code 75), but I use other track components from Peco, ME, Atlas and Roco, depending on what I need (diamonds, mostly)

[AggroJones]

Atlas code 83 and 100.

Kato unitrack is a joke for use on a serious layout.

[CP5415]

Peco & Atlas flextrack with Peco & old Shinohara switches

Gordon

[philnrunt]

Well I voted for Atlas, then saw the Flextrak choice, and that is what I use. Now your poll has a disclaimer added-plus or minus 4% of being right or something like that.
I started with Atlas sectional, went to Atlas Flex and never regretted it. It's sturdy, weathers well, easy to solder,and uniformly consistent in quality, which is the most important consideration for me.

[ClinchValleySD40]

Hidden track - Atlas Code100 flex and Atlas #6 switches.

Visibile track - Atlas Code83 flex, Walthers #8 switches for mainline, Atlas #6 Super switches everywhere else.

[BRAKIE]

For the type of small industrial switching layouts I build I use Atlas flex track along with sectional track and pieces with number 4 switches..I use C83.

[dano99a]

Atlas code 100 & 83 seems to work out fine for me, but then again, I'm sure most would agree with this statement. "After building what I have done thus far, if I had more money I'd go back and redo at least half of it knowing what I know now."

[:)]

[Anonymous]

Atlas Code 83 nothin better

[CBQ_Guy]

Ya forgot Model Power, Micro/Model? Engineering and I believe Bachmann makes a product called EZ Track, too.

My personal preference would be Atlas Flex and Peco turnouts, but that's not necessarily what I consider the BEST as cost and other factors play a part in this, too.

[Anonymous]

Atlas Code 83 flextrack with Shinohara switches (mostly #6).

[wp8thsub]

Micro Engineering codes 83, 70 and 55 flextrack with Shinohara/Walthers or handlaid turnouts. Few manufacturers offer flextrack or turnouts in codes smaller than 83 to represent multiple sizes of rail common on prototype railroads. Atlas code 83 isn't a bad choice but its detail is much coarser than ME or Shinohara; its primary advantages are that it's readily available and can be installed quickly. Judging by the ad in the August MR, the new US prototype code 83 from Peco may also be worth investigating.

[simon1966]

I use Atlas Code 100 flextrack and Peco turonouts. I have some older deeper flange european models I like to run, so I can not successfully use code 83, otherwise I would.

[Anonymous]

I agree that the Unitrack and E-Z Track, and that LL track...really anything with a plastic base for roadbed plain out stinks for a model RR...UNLESS you are just running trains. For instance, the Air Force was kind enough to send me to England for 4 years, which means I have no room for a layout in my base house. So, I use Kato Unitrack K-1 set just to run a train every now and again. Personally, I handlay my track in N scale code 40. However, I have run trains on many an HO club layout back in the states and I do agree that Atlas flextrack is great. Micro Engineerings flextrack is good, but for some reason, it is a bit stiffer than Atlas, which can make curving it a bit of a pain, but not too bad.

Matt

[michealfarley]

Must confess that I am still using code 100 everywhere on the layout. I've had a lot of trouble with rail-to-tie "security" with the code 83. Not sure why. Seems like the plastic spikes of the code 83 give a lot easier. I suppose the plastic spikes are also smaller and more scale, which may affect such things. If you paint and weather, it's a tough difference to discern.