Howdy.
I want to use code 55 on my next project but am worried, after reading many articals, that it my be too much of a headache to be fun to run trains on. I want this layout to be my best but will not enjoy constant problems. Any advice would be solid gold to me. Thanks, Scookam.
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Putting Atlas code 55 or code 80 together should be equally the same.
The big difference is in WHAT you want to run ON the tracks. If you are running only newer N scale stuff you shouldn’t have any RUNNING problems with either. If you are going to run OLDER stuff, they tend to have “pizza cutter” deep flange wheels and are better suited to run on code 80, which has higher rails on it.
Another difference is that code 55 comes in more “premade sectional track” pieces than does code 80.
There is the Unitrack, there is also Bachmann EZ Track and there is Atlas True Track. All are supposed to be geared towards the beginner. We did NOT LIKE the Bachmann EZTRACK as the switches seemed finicky and didn’t always work right. I do Not know about the other two. These have the tracks embedded in the roadbed “ready to go” so to speak.
The Atlas True Track has a molded roadbed in it {as do the other two} which is supposed to make it easier for beginners. It can be available here part way down the page:
http://www.wholesaletrains.com/NProducts2.asp?Scale=N&Item=150TK&offset=50
The Bachmann EZTRACK can be available here:
http://www.wholesaletrains.com/NProducts2.asp?Scale=N&Item=160BLKPC