Atlas HO Track Questions.......

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hi!

Perhaps you all can help me with these questions on Atlas HO Code 100 Track (I checked their website and could not secure answers)…

  • What is the length of the straight portion of the new # 8 Turnout?

  • I believe the Atlas Code 100 HO Wye is the equivalent of a # 5 turnout - is this true?

  • Atlas used to make flex track with brown and with black ties. Do they still do so?

  • In 3 or 4 months I’ll be needing several # 8 turnouts and at least 25 sections of flex track. Where do you suggest I give my business to get a good price and service?

Thank you,

Mobilman44

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Can’t help you with #1.

The Atlas wye is a #3 which is equivilent to a #6 straight turnout.

All Atlas CD100 track comes with black ties, only. And the CD83 track comes with brown ties, only.

I give my LHS most of my business. But either Trainworld or Standard Hobby usually have the best deal.

Nick

3

http://www.traintrack.net/ is worth a look. It could be that for a substantial purchase he will offer to either reduce or eat the shipping. Perhaps even better than that.

-Crandell

4

You won’t find it any cheaper…
http://www.nhshobbies.com/category_s/55.htm
Good guys to deal with.[tup] They sell the code 83 too.
PS-They don’t list the #8’s, but I’m sure have or can get them.

5

No they no longer make it, if you want the code 100 brown tie track you will have to look to old hobby store stock or the used market.

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1 - Per the Atlas RTS 8.0 - It looks like 13.5" long for the tangent side.

2 - The Atlas ‘Wye’ is a #3 - it divirges like a #6 to each direction.

3 - They did make code 100 flex in brown for a very short time. It has been years since they did that. Code 100 is black, code 83 is brown now.

4 - There are a lot of on-line dealers. Make sure they have the stuff in stock(use the phone to order it).

Jim Berneir

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Thanks Jim,

The 13.5 in for the # 8 tangent makes sense, as the # 6 is 12 in. I’m doing scale drawings for the new layout and used 15 in for them, so the shorter length gives me some leeway.

I usually use one of the two LHS, except when large purchases come up and they are strictly msrp in their pricing. I have used Toy Train Heaven in the past - and they have been great - but perhaps some others could make a major difference pricewise.

In a month or two at the most I’ll have a track materials shopping list, and shortly thereafter a BIG Digitrax shopping list.

Thanks again,

Mobilman44