REALLY OBSCURE........JEP "O" 3 Rail French Track

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Interested in learning (and finding it to purchase as well) more about “O” JEP track. This trackage is French in origin and in appearance similar to “Super O”. It was produced, from the best I can determine, from the early 1950’s through the early 1960’s. This link provides a photo of JEP track:

http://www.train-jouet.com/jep/1003.jpg

OGR has an article about a JEP track layout in the August, 2005 issue, run 209 on page 68 (I think). You can see how much it looks like “Super O”.

Any information appreciated.

Thanks,

Mike Spanier (hspanier@aol.com)
TCA 85-21856

The History of Lionel “Super O” Track
( http://www.tcamembers.org/articles/operating/supero/index.html )

Lionel_SuperO_Track Yahoo Group
( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lionel_SuperO_Track/ )

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Well, I’ve never heard of it, nore seen it on the Ebay-sites in europe, it’s probably another one-day-fly which was a bit ahead of it’s time… The only JEP trackwork I know of looks very similar to Märklin, only with another hook-on system to join the sections of track together.

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JEP made the 3 rail track for about 12 years. Hard to find buy quite interesting. It is available. More so in France then elsewhere. If you get any leads they are appreciated.

Mike

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You might want to check out the French EBay site, at the link below. I have set the link for O gauge, “new items” . You might find what you are seeking. The site is in French, of course, but I can make out what they are saying, in general. Many of the sellers will correspond with you in English.
http://jouets-figurine.listings.ebay.fr/Trains-electriques_Echelle-O_W0QQfclZ3QQfromZR4QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ17032QQsocmdZListingItemList
Regards- Richard W.

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That says it all, it’s the only ebaysite I don’t go because my french s*cks…[:D]

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Richard - Thank you very much. I have placed the link in my toolbar for easy access.

Very best, Mike

quote]Originally posted by toytrain13

You might want to check out the French EBay site, at the link below. I have set the link for O gauge, “new items” . You might find what you are seeking. The site is in French, of course, but I can make out what they are saying, in general. Many of the sellers will correspond with you in English.
http://jouets-figurine.listings.ebay.fr/Trains-electriques_Echelle-O_W0QQfclZ3QQfromZR4QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ17032QQsocmdZListingItemList
Regards- Richard W.
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