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icmr
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Posted by icmr on Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:25 PM
[#ditto][#ditto][#ditto][#ditto]



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Posted by selector on Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:09 PM
I was being facetious earlier...yes, if the scale is HO for both loco and track, you should be just fine...although some locos do leave the factory with wheels improperly guaged.

As for couplers,...sorry, Accurail is not yet in my database.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:01 PM
Seriosly
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:31 PM
Hello?
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icmr
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:22 PM
Yes they will run on Atlas track.



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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:19 PM
also can acurail connect to bachman



The couplers can be a problem. If you don't want to convert everything, convert 1 car to 1 of each to transition. It can keep you going for a while.
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selector
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Posted by selector on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:12 PM
No! The Atlas track won't like it. [:D][:o)]
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Posted by SpaceMouse on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:36 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Monto3

I didnt mean in cheap quality. also can acurail connect to bachman By cars If you yell it I can catch peoples attention[:D]


For now. Eventually you will be ignored. Yelling is for emergencies.

Chip

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Posted by Rotorranch on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:32 PM
If you are using standard type track, most any brand is compatible with most any other, as long as the rail size, or "code" is the same.

If you are meaning the tracks with the roadbed molded on, like "EZ Track", "Fasttrack", "Quicklok" etc, then you can not use them with different manufacturers track.

Any equipment will run on any track.

Rotor

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:20 PM
I didnt mean in cheap quality. also can acurail connect to bachman By cars If you yell it I can catch peoples attention[:D]
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Posted by TrainFreak409 on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:09 PM
Atlas track is good track. It isn't cheap in quality. But YES, it is cheap in price.

As long as they are the same gauge, they will be compatible.[:p]

Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern

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SpaceMouse
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Posted by SpaceMouse on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:08 PM
QUOTE: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


You don't need to yell to get help.

Your question would have made a better title. Then the people who know the answer can open your post and not have to worry if they are wasting their time.

Chip

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:06 PM
Atlas track is very cheap
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Posted by tstage on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:03 PM
Why?

https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling

Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.

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Darth Santa Fe
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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:01 PM
Yes.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:00 PM
Is it ok to run bachman trains on atlas track?? I fixed it Better? Do the bachmann cuoplers connect to the Accurail couplers?
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