K-Line Super Streets

[Anonymous]

What do you folks know about them. They don't seem to be overly expensive, but how hard is it to wire and such? I really want to add them when I build my set, but maybe just an oval or something simple, just go give the city a bit of movement.

[Dr. John]

The Super Streets are a new product for K-Line. A lot of times new items show up on their website and in their catalogs months before they are available to the public. I have not seen any product reviews or heard any personal accounts of how well they work.

Wiring should be straight-forward. Two wires and some sort of rheostat speed control I imagine. Looks like a great product for O gaugers.

[csxt30]

Yes, my thoughts are that it should be great! I want to be first to put traffic lights up! Hope they have intersections for the idea. [:D] Thanks, John

[brianel027]

I remember reading that the Super Streets were operating and on display at the K-Line February Sale Event in New Jersey. I'm sure that this was a prototype or pre-production model on display. Looks to me like the vehicles are the same motorized ones recently made for regular 3-rail track. So I'd be willing to bet that the electrical contacts on the Super Streets will be the same gauge or distance as regular 3-rail track.

Seems to me that Chris (Lehigh Valley RR) was there at the K-Line show. I've heard K-Line also had an operating display of the Super Streets at the YORK show. As far as the nuts and bolts of this new product, we'll have to wait until they finally arrive stateside. K-Line doesn't give more than seasonal approximations for shipping/availability dates on their website. But seems to me (along with Lionel) that K-Line's downtime between product announcements and availability are getting better.

On a side note, I notice that nearly all the 2005 cataloged Lionel $27 stater cars are now available.

[tmcc man]

I dont tink i will buy them, but i heard some guys talking about it at the East Coast hobby show, i am going to put magnets on the undersides of my vehicles, and run a loco, or a belt system with magnets on it

[wrmcclellan]

I saw these at the York show. Pretty neat. provided some nice animation to the K-Line display layout. It is 3 rail compatible - they had the Plymouth switchers running on it.

They have intersections and the display was wired so interections and grade crossings did not have collisions. When I asked the K-line rep, he said they wired it special for the display. The actual product does not have any control elements to prevent collisions.

One could use some CTT or OGR articles in the last year or so about RR crossing collision avoidance circuits.

BTW - the piece I liked best was a trolley running on it.

A nice looking product.

Regards,
Roy