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Lionel's AF Catalog (and RTR Catalog) is on-line

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Lionel's AF Catalog (and RTR Catalog) is on-line
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 7:48 AM

I am interested in the new AF FasTrack system as I may be getting my grandfather's AF set...

Now I noticed Lionel ONLY has 20" diameter curves, but ALL of their engines and rolling stock require 36" diameter curves! I think someone at Lionel's editorial staff didn't do their due diligence and review this catalog very well.

Nothing in the RTR Catalog caught my eye...

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Posted by Major on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 8:21 AM

The curves are 20" radius 40"diameter.  They are similar to S-Helper track and have the same track geometry as traditional American Flyer track.  Therefore all of the new products will operate on them.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 11:11 AM

Thanks for the clarification Major - makes one wonder why they would have different annotations though. In the O gauge catalogs everything is listed in 'diameter'.

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