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Ugh, I think I have a problem

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, November 19, 2017 3:43 PM

ROBERT PETRICK
I couldn't help notice you don't have any bridges. Kato makes some nice ones, you know.

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I know about the N scale bridges. My stuff is HO. Do they make HO scale bridges?

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Posted by ROBERT PETRICK on Sunday, November 19, 2017 2:45 PM

Hey See You-

There is a Yahoo Users Group for Kato Unitrack. Its users can offer you advice and comfort for your malady. But be warned, most of their advice ends with a variation of the phrase, "Buy more stuff. That'll make you feel better."

By the way, I couldn't help notice you don't have any bridges. Kato makes some nice ones, you know. And you're a little thin in the elevated track and structures department. Shall I send you a link? It might help.

Robert 

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Posted by BATMAN on Sunday, November 19, 2017 2:27 PM

If you can go around the living room a little more than once, you need more so you can go around the living room twice!Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Sunday, November 19, 2017 1:53 PM

As my wife from northern England would say, "thats nowt".

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, November 19, 2017 11:15 AM

chutton01
I believe you do have a serious problem - you seem to have only 1 left-hand switch while you have a number of right-hand switches.

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Yeah, there is a 7:1 ratio there. Not sure how that happened.

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I think that last time I set it up I only had 3 turnouts.

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Posted by chutton01 on Sunday, November 19, 2017 11:11 AM

I believe you do have a serious problem - you seem to have only 1 left-hand switch while you have a number of right-hand switches. While this could work depending on your plans (say an industrial track where the industrial sidings are all on the right side of the main), I think most likely you need to purchase some more left-hand switches...

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, November 19, 2017 10:19 AM

Seems to me having too much track is way better than not having enough. To me it's kind of like saying I have too much air or too much money. Whistling

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Posted by mbinsewi on Sunday, November 19, 2017 7:52 AM

Calm down Kevin, you'll be fine.  Your "stack-o-track" fails to compare with the boxes full of MTH RailKing Realtrax that I collected for my grandson's layout, Huh?.  You know, just in case he wanted it bigger Whistling

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Sunday, November 19, 2017 6:17 AM

From the photo, I dont think you have a problem yet.  Youll need a lot more than that before you can call it a "problem" judging from other hobbyists and relatively speaking.Geeked

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 19, 2017 12:38 AM

Kevin - the only known cure for having too much track is to build a layout!

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Posted by hon30critter on Saturday, November 18, 2017 11:07 PM

Recently a club member asked me if I had any extra track he could buy, so I did a count. Heck, I've only got about 200 pieces of flex track but I have none to spare! That is for a layout that is only 10' x 24'. Why so much? Two helices! Half of that track is just for them!

Dave

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, November 18, 2017 8:45 PM

selector
Relax. It's all usable eventually.

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True... I just cannot believe how much there is of it.

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Maybe I will set it up on the floor tomorrow and see if it fills the whole house!

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Posted by selector on Saturday, November 18, 2017 6:19 PM

I think it probably ranks as a very modest 'problem' by comparison to many in the hobby.  Relax.  It's all usable eventually.

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Posted by richg1998 on Saturday, November 18, 2017 5:09 PM

Try a Google search for Unitrack foum. There is info out there. I did not look very much after my search but go ahead and search.

Google has been my best friend for years. Almost too many links to remember now.

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Ugh, I think I have a problem
Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, November 18, 2017 2:37 PM

I do not have a layout right now, and my wife likes to see trains run from time to time. So, I have been collecting Kato Unitrack and occasionally set it up on the floor like a little kids and run some trains.

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I had no idea how much I had until today when I sorted it all out.

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I had no idea how much I had been buying. Is there a "Unitrack Anonymous" group I can join?

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-Kevin

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