Carlisle & finch track

Hello Mad Max 

For any of the ribbon rail track .... Joe Mania has a huge coil of the ribbon rail material ....and will gladly sell you at a reasonable price as long of a piece as you may wish ...coil it up and send it out .....

I'm sure the same material can be had in the real world ..but there would be a minim charge etc .... 

For ties  just head to home depot and by the 1/2"  boards they sell .... next a dremel tool with their mini circular saw  with a micro blade ...which worked perfect for the ribbon rail .... 

I cut the width of the board with the dremel ...make a jig to keep things straight ...  then I cut the boards into the individual ties ... once you set up a system it goes pretty fast .

I used Joe's ribbon rail for my Lionel 2 7/8" ..loops ...   and made my own ties ...

C&F sold ribbon rail in 9' sections ... ...so enough for  a 36" circle .....which is fine for the most of their line ..the #45 requires a 72" circle ....  when in doubt bigger radius the better .

There are many reasons why ribbon rail died and sectional track had survived ..one is the need to carefully align your curves   so you have a constant curve not a curve straight kink combo  .

C&F track and ties are out there ...if one looks long and hard enough .....   the advantage of the new ribbon rail from Joe is you can order a huge long piece to snake your layout ...so you only have one joint ... 

If you are going to use switches and need some ..let me know I may have a few extra 

Cheers Carey 

here is a link to see Lionel running on new 2 7/8"  ribbon rail and ties 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma9Z4MhbHdU

here is a link to running a C&F #34 on ribbon rail ...the inner loop with the C&F trolley is running on C&F sectional track ...marginal at best ..

https://www.facebook.com/Tinpl...os/1785934634802360/

and here certainly one of the most unique layouts ever made ...dating back to 1908   a C&F  mining train snaking through labyrinth of ribbon rail 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym8KWWm7PXw