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If you do not operate your layout regularly, and you live where humidity can be a problem, steel rail is subject to rusting. Rust on steel acts as an insulator and could be frustrating in the long run. Also, steel does not conduct electricity as well as one might suppose. As another has suggested, and I would make it more than a suggestion, do attach electrical feeder wires to every 3 foot length of steel rail. I am slowly replacing some old Atlas, fiber tied, code 100 steel rail. It is giving way to nickle silver rail. The only reason I am slow in removing the steel rail is that it is in a hidden staging area and is tough to access. I am replacing it with code 100 rail. All hidden rail on my layout is code 100. All exposed rail is code 70 nickle silver. Nickle silver is so far superior to any other rail now, or ever, available that it would be, in my opiniion, a good move to save the recently purchased steel rail until it becomes an artifact and you can resell it. I would just go ahead and invest in nickle silver rail right from the git go. Again, this is just my opinion.. It is your railroad and you make the decisions there. <br /> <br />Tom
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