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beginner wondering about types of track and european trains

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beginner wondering about types of track and european trains
Posted by Rafferty on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:12 PM

hi all am wanting to build a train layout, I hope to have both us and  european trains (I know not accurate) I read there were 2 kinds of HO track, is it possible to do this, I want to run 3 trains, US passenger and european pass and military, I have an area in my basement and I hope to make a 2 level scene with a helix to the top

TIA

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Posted by andrechapelon on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:43 PM

Rafferty

hi all am wanting to build a train layout, I hope to have both us and  european trains (I know not accurate) I read there were 2 kinds of HO track, is it possible to do this, I want to run 3 trains, US passenger and european pass and military, I have an area in my basement and I hope to make a 2 level scene with a helix to the top

TIA

Whether or not you can use the same track for European and US trains depends on whether or not the European equipment is designed for 2 rail DC current or 3 rail AC (e.g. Maerklin). If it's 2 rail DC, you should be able to use the same track as long as you stick with code 83 or code 100.

Andre

It's really kind of hard to support your local hobby shop when the nearest hobby shop that's worth the name is a 150 mile roundtrip.
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Posted by Rafferty on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:06 PM

hi, thanks for the reply, the locomotives I am looking at are from Brawa and Liliput, I currently only actaully have 2 locomotives, the Turbotrain and a Rivarossi set that I plan on selling to  pay for the others, soa s long as it says DC on it I should be ok?

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