tubular track

[Roger Bielen]

My local store told me that tubular track was going to be discontinued, does anyone know anything about that?

  Thanks

I doubt it.   Lionel is still taking orders from dealers with no indication of stopping.

[ADCX Rob]

Mike, I would recommend not being concerned about that - there's plenty of tubular track 'out there' - - -

Just a few boxes of what I have hoarded in my Hunt Brothers imitation of cornering the market on tubular:

Hey frank i notice you have the knobs on your 1033 Transformer reveresed :P

just got done putting mine back to factory cond. and http://pictures.olsenstoy.com//cd/transfmr%5Cps1032e.pdf told me the original way they knobs were, were wrong, i guess theres alot of people with this misconception then? lol. That centering spring is a pain to remake if one of the tips breaks tho, :P 

The confusion in the knobs comes in to play with Lionel using them in different positions on other transformers. 

The black RW-24 handle was used for the throttle on the RW, then they switched to the orange 1011-24 handle for throttle & black RW-24 for the whistle on the 1032/1033 types. 

The orange 1011-24 was then used for the whistle/horn on the KW. 

Rob 

[rtraincollector]

If anything I would bet your LHS wishes lionel would stop as he makes more off the fast track and MTH realtrack

[phillyreading]

Just how easy is it to order the Williams track, and how long does it take for delivery?

Right now if Lionel stops making tubular track I will use GarGraves track for replacement track. Otherwise it will cost me too much to change over to a new track system that has differant sized curves than what I currently have.

Lee F.

[Bob Keller]

Even if Lionel stops making tubular track, there are probably 48 million tons of it in the secondary market, and Williams will still be making it nice and fresh.

[Anonymous]

Mike, I would recommend not being concerned about that - there's plenty of tubular track 'out there' - - -

Just a few boxes of what I have hoarded in my Hunt Brothers imitation of cornering the market on tubular:

Hey frank i notice you have the knobs on your 1033 Transformer reveresed :P

just got done putting mine back to factory cond. and http://pictures.olsenstoy.com//cd/transfmr%5Cps1032e.pdf told me the original way they knobs were, were wrong, i guess theres alot of people with this misconception then? lol. That centering spring is a pain to remake if one of the tips breaks tho, :P 

[fifedog]

...knew that was coming.

[Frank53]

Mike, I would recommend not being concerned about that - there's plenty of tubular track 'out there' - - -

Just a few boxes of what I have hoarded in my Hunt Brothers imitation of cornering the market on tubular:

[Dave Farquhar]

Jerry Calabrese said last year that Lionel will keep making it as long as people are buying it. People are still buying it and it's in the 2007 catalog, so I wouldn't worry about this rumor. Even if it were discontinued, there's so much of it out there that it'll be possible to find some if you need it.

[cnw1995]

Mike, I would recommend not being concerned about that - there's plenty of tubular track 'out there' - - -

[fifedog]

Maybe your local store doesn't wish to stock it anymore, but you will be able to buy tubular track by the mile for years to come.

[Anonymous]

My local store told me that tubular track was going to be discontinued, does anyone know anything about that?

  Thanks