Track

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by preceng

Bachman EZ Track. I know the purests gasp. But I love the stuff

That's what I was thinking about using.[:)] Did you ballast it? And If so was it hard[?].

[Jetrock]

I use a mixture of both, though I've been leaning towards flextrack--I'll lay out a plan with snap track and when it is finalized I'll take up the nails and lay flex. Most of my layout is straight, where the joints in snap-track are less of an issue, but my curves are so tight I can't use pre-made track (unless I can score some of that coveted sub-12" Roco track or some Atlas 4-1/2" trolley track curves!) and have to use flextrack. Flextrack, of course, has more flexibility, and I've had to trim snap-track too...

[EL PARRo]

I use almost all flextrack excecpt for turnouts and a few places where I had to replace a small section of track.

[Anonymous]

I use a combonation of Both.

I use sectional track, on my brach and secondary lines which makes for a better depiction of old style "stick" rail with a minimum of effort. And I find for my purposes on those lines 22" Radius curbe handles the equipment just fine.

I use the flex track for my primary mainlines as it is a good depiction of modern "Ribbon" rail.

EZ- Track. I love the stuff to. It makes great lightweight layouts. And when I go in and Teach "The Geometry of Model Railroading" To my friends High School Math Class. Lightweight is a good thing.

James.

[preceng]

Bachman EZ Track. I know the purests gasp. But I love the stuff

[AggroJones]

The only sectional track I used on my layout are the turnouts. Using flex has less joint which means less derailments. Just perfect the few rail joints, and there you go.

TTFN

[Anonymous]

You mean you can buy it already made? I've been laying my own all this time.

I've been working on the rail...road...
all the live long day.
da da da da da da da
just to pass the time a-way.

[willy6]

i used both to build my layout,snap track for a certain area and flextrack to basically fill in betwwen the lines.both are good,like anything else in life it's a SITUATION DICTATES SCENARIO.

[wp8thsub]

Yes, you will have to cut rail with flextrack, but use some rail nippers (you can find them on Walthers.com) and/or a Dremel tool with a cutoff wheel. My favorite tool for cutting rail is a pair of sheet metal shears from the hardware store (they're heavier duty than rail nippers and cut cleaner). You'll also want some small files to clean up the cut ends.

In return for the above effort, you get trackwork that can flow however you want it and far fewer rail joints.

[Anonymous]

I can't decide which to use. I heard that you have to trim flexitrack, is this true?[?]