I was reading through some of my CTT magazines and the Feb.,2010 issue had an article about making dual O and Standard gauge track by combing the two gauges and using a common middle rail. running both and I was intrigued with the idea. You have to use 072 curves to match standard gauge curvature but it looks very possible. Has anyone tried this and any unforeseen problems ??
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Steve papa Eastman made a video of how to do it.
This topic should really be in the O-27 section of the forum, or the tinplate section, rather that the three rail scale section.
I thought Gargraves or somebody made that track. It would be a lot harder to do what I would like, combine three rail and On3 two rail.
The article was pretty straight forward and it didn't look too difficult. No switches but I don't use then any way. I dug out a bunch of my old standard and have to clean it up first. Wanted to any how. Think I will make a stretch of straight first just to try. At one time I had On3 but never thought about combining. Having a common center rail helps.
Gargraves does make O-gauge/Std-gauge dual track, and they also make O-gauge/S-gauge track.
| 501-201 | 37" Standard & O-Gauge with 5 Tinplated rails | each | $11.30 |
| 201-401 | 37" O & S-Gauge with 4 Tinplated rails | each | $11.00 |
| 701-401 | 37" #1 (G) & S-Gauge with 3 Tinplated rails | each | $10.50 |
| 701-201 | 37" #1 (G) & O-Gauge with 4 Tinplated rails | each | $10.00 |
I wish I had known that when I put in a new outer loop with 072 curves. Nice to know, though. You never know.
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