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Atlas Track Delay?

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Posted by TheFlyingScotsman on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 5:51 PM

Not with Atlas but i got 4 number 8 curved Shinohara turnouts and 4 number 10 straight ones. I don't need them right now but I have a suspicion they will either never return or will be a long time doing so.

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Posted by hardcoalcase on Monday, April 26, 2021 8:11 PM

Not just Atlas, I ordered a bunch of turnouts from Walthers back in June, and just received them last week.  

FWIW why Walthers?  My hobby store is part of a train museum and they offer members a discount on Walthers catalog products.

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Posted by ATLANTIC CENTRAL on Sunday, April 25, 2021 11:01 AM

SeeYou190

 

 
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A really rough estimate for the new layout is about 1600'

 

I can't even imagine building a personal layout with that much trackage.

-Kevin

 

Remember, a lot of it is just staging tracks - 25 hidden staging tracks, 25 feet long allowing for yard leads is 625' of track, over 1/3rd of the total.

Sheldon

 

    

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, April 25, 2021 12:10 AM

ATLANTIC CENTRAL
A really rough estimate for the new layout is about 1600'

I can't even imagine building a personal layout with that much trackage.

-Kevin

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Posted by ATLANTIC CENTRAL on Saturday, April 24, 2021 12:03 PM

SeeYou190

 

 
ATLANTIC CENTRAL
I don't have my "life time supply", but I have least 700 or 800 feet to get the new layout started.

 

I would imagine your lifetime supplies would be worlds different than mine!

-Kevin

 

A really rough estimate for the new layout is about 1600', so I might have about half of what I need.

Another 3 or 4 cases should cover it.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Saturday, April 24, 2021 10:56 AM

Trainworld is showing an expected date of arrival of some turnouts on 8/31  Most other sectional rail seem to be in stock.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, April 24, 2021 9:49 AM

ATLANTIC CENTRAL
I don't have my "life time supply", but I have least 700 or 800 feet to get the new layout started.

I would imagine your lifetime supplies would be worlds different than mine!

-Kevin

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Posted by ATLANTIC CENTRAL on Friday, April 23, 2021 6:18 PM

Well, even when it was made in New Jersey, there were times when it was out of stock.

I don't have my "life time supply", but I have least 700 or 800 feet to get the new layout started.

And just a few weeks ago full cases were available on Ebay at good prices.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, April 23, 2021 5:45 PM

richhotrain
Kevin, don't leave us hanging. How much Atlas flex track is a lifetime supply?

I pulled out the invoice from Model Train Stuff.

I bought:

40 sections of code 83 brown tie flex

6 packs of 24 inch radius code 83 curves

6 packs of 22 inch radius code 83 curves

3 packs of 18 inch radius code 83 curves

2 packs of code 83 straight track short piece assortment

That should be enough for my final home layout and my sectional show layout.

-Kevin

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, April 23, 2021 4:03 PM

SeeYou190

I was scared that this would happen, and about a year ago I ordered my lifetime supply of Atlas track from Model Train Stuff.

I am glad I did that.

-Kevin 

Oh, c'mon, Kevin, don't leave us hanging. How much Atlas flex track is a lifetime supply?

By the way, I just ordered five 36" lengths on eBay, and it enroute to my home.

Rich

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, April 23, 2021 3:00 PM

I was scared that this would happen, and about a year ago I ordered my lifetime supply of Atlas track from Model Train Stuff.

I am glad I did that.

-Kevin

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Posted by BATMAN on Friday, April 23, 2021 2:21 PM

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Friday, April 23, 2021 2:02 PM

Apparenlty.  I noticed Peco and Atlas flex track has been out of stock for a while, as well as the popular sizes of ME.  There is Walthers, Lifelike and Lionel HO flex however.

Also, oddly there are 91 RH Atlas code 83 #6 in stock but zero LH of the Atlas code 83 #6

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Posted by BigDaddy on Friday, April 23, 2021 1:57 PM

Track availablity comes and goes over the years. 

There is a shipping log jam on the west coast

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ship-logjam-at-california-ports-is-easing-after-march-import-deluge-11618432150

What happens in China, before any of it gets shipped here is beyond my pay grade.

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Posted by snjroy on Friday, April 23, 2021 1:26 PM

Our LHS has been plagued, no pun intended, with never-ending backorders on the most common items, like wheel sets. The pandemic has apparently disrupted many of the supply chains.

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Atlas Track Delay?
Posted by PRR1954 on Friday, April 23, 2021 1:20 PM

Anybody know why Atlas is delayed shipping track age. I ordered switches from local hobby shop 5 months ago. Wrote to Atlas twice, no response.

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