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Track with concrete ties

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Anonymous
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Track with concrete ties
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 6, 2006 5:27 PM
Are there any track manufacturers who make pre-made turnouts with concrete ties? I've been looking for them for some time now. Any help is appreciated.
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bryanbell
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Posted by bryanbell on Monday, February 6, 2006 6:38 PM
What scale are you looking for them in?
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DSchmitt
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Posted by DSchmitt on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 1:15 PM
Peco HO, I think the make concrete ties in N scale too

http://www.cchobbies.com/track/peco.htm

I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.

I don't have a leg to stand on.

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BR60103
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Posted by BR60103 on Tuesday, February 7, 2006 10:26 PM
While peco make flex track with concrete ties, they don't make turnouts. I don't know if anyone does.
We had a long discussion of this some time ago, and while we actually found examples of concrete ties in switches, most railroads go to wood in the middle of a stretch of concrete. The reasons given vary from having to cast a variety of ties to durability problems.

--David

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 10, 2006 10:07 AM
I'm looking for HO scale Code 83
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bryanbell
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Posted by bryanbell on Friday, February 10, 2006 3:15 PM
About the closes thing I can find would be this: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-21336
Its code 100 not 83 and it isn't real prototypical looking.

Bryan
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