In the seveties AHM made 2r track. Anyone know what radius these used?
Thanks-
Mike Sayre
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24" radius, for the most part. I think they had some 32" R [ mfg originally by Rivarossi ] for sep. sale, but 24 was what came in the sets and is more common.
I forget what the code is, but it's sub 124 -- maybe 100 ?
Best, SZ
About a decade ago I had about 6 cases of the older switches. They were in two versions. One had the 157 code rail cast into the plastic ties. The others had code 107 I believe to remember and they were stapled on fiber ties in much like the HO flex track of the early fifty's.
The switches came with a short curved section to make up the balance of a full piece of curve track for replacing the switch in a curve.
They were all in a plain white flat box. Both with powered switch machines and dummy switch machines. Long gone.
The small rail looked great but the construction was kinds primitive ugly IMO. tt
Parallel thread question, what ever became of the project and product of Pecos River's code 138 medium small radius track (38"radius?) announced to be imported from Europe in the 90's.
I seem to remember it also featured roadbed???? Maybe yes maybe no? tt
Originally Posted by Tom Tee:
About a decade ago I had about 6 cases of the older switches. They were in two versions. One had the 157 code rail cast into the plastic ties. The others had code 107 I believe to remember and they were stapled on fiber ties in much like the HO flex track of the early fifty's.
The switches came with a short curved section to make up the balance of a full piece of curve track for replacing the switch in a curve.
They were all in a plain white flat box. Both with powered switch machines and dummy switch machines. Long gone.
The small rail looked great but the construction was kinds primitive ugly IMO. tt
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IA. The code 157 turnouts certainly sound like later production [ becase of the plain white box ] Atlas turnouts, with 24" R curve; these, like most of the Atlas 0 scale line at that time, were mfg by Roco in Austria.
IB. I think the "code 107" turnouts might be the ones by by Rivarossi -- but they didn't come in a plain box, and they had a plastic tie strip. [ The only 0 ga that immediately comes to mind with a fiber tie strip may have been the Fleischmann '2 rail tinplate' from the early fifties.]
II. That PRB-imported track and roadbed was by "0 Scale Models" of Germany, who also had a nice line of German freight cars. It didn't sell well for PRB, and John shipped the remaining inventory he had back. I thought it was nice stuff, especially the roadbed, which was of the "depressed ties" style.
Best rgds, SZ
33" radius, I ran a USH UP 2-8-0 around the loop with- out a problem. I have six each of the turnouts and a box full of straight a curve track. Looks to me as code 100.
The section on my bench measures out to be code 110.
Atlas rail of the 1970s was about code .158-.160, originally made of nickel-plated brass. Radius of the fixed sections was 24" as were the turnouts. I think Atlas later marketed #6 R & L turnouts made by Roco. These came in a short box (for ease of packaging, shipping & storage). The turnouts were made in two halves, with rail sections connected by rail joiners. They worked pretty well.
AHM also offered track sections using code .100 (or close to it) rail; I think with turnouts available also. Radius was about 32" which permitted use of small steam locos but bigger than an 0-4-0 (about the limit for the Atlas switches). One thing I like about the AHM track is that the tie spacing was wider in addition to the smaller rail. Imo, that track would be very useful for industrial spurs or perhaps yard tracks that don't see heavy traffic, to enhance the realism of a model pike. That track appears at swap meets now & then; I don't know if it is still manufactured or marketed in Europe.
Vince
I have some older Atlas curved track (24 inch R), 10 or 11 sections and 2 functioning older turnouts. If that would help, shoot me an email at hlubinski@verizon.net.
Henry
