Maybe the 83 Line is made differently than the Code 100 and Code 75 stuff which has detail more like British practice?
–Randy
I believe,this question,would be best answered,by ‘‘Mister Flexy’’.on the,Cody Grivno show…LOL…
Cheers,
Frank
Atlas track has holes in the middle of the ties for nails, Walthers track has four small holes (two on each side of the rail) about every seventh tie. The idea with the Walthers track is that if you use rail spikes to hold down the track, it will look like hand-laid track (which is usually spiked down about every 7th tie.)
FWIW Atlas Code 83 track is pretty wide. Walthers is narrower, but the thinnest (and probably most accurate) code 83 track I’ve seen is Kato Unitrack.
The Walthers/Shinohara track has tiny spikes cast in the ties to hold the rail and approximate (not replicate) prototype track. The spike holes mentioned by WJSTIX are between a pair of tiny spikes @ every 13th tie. I don’t believe the track resembles hand-laid, but with the tiny spikes and relatively thin ties, it looks pretty good as it is. A primary reason I chose it is because I have many curved turnouts of different sizes, and the W/S line provided those choices. It also bends easily without being floppy; I am very satisfied with it.
“pretty wide” as in the rails are farther apart?
Pretty wide as in the railheads are wider. All HO gauge has the rails the same distance apart.