GG1 and Super O Track

No issues but remember super O is only O36 and the switches are not that great.

Dave

If I am not badly mistaken, Lionel produced a set which had a GG-1 heading up a passenger train and came with super o track. Someone may correct me on that, because I am going on memory now. I don't mean to down a Lionel product, but those clips that connect the bus bar from one section to another can work loose and cause derailments. Unless you are an absolute Lionel purist, I would recommend either Atlas O or Ross Custom track and switches. The appearance is similar and either one of those track systems will serve you well.

My 2332 GG1’s run just fine on super O. I have no problems with the track clips.

Hard to beat the overall look of Super O with the smaller rails and thin blade center. The ties are far better than GG or Ross and even the venerable Atlas looks 'clunky' compared to Super O with its oversized rails (ALL 3 of them!)

@c.sam posted:

Hard to beat the overall look of Super O with the smaller rails and thin blade center. The ties are far better than GG or Ross and even the venerable Atlas looks 'clunky' compared to Super O with its oversized rails (ALL 3 of them!)

Agree, Super O looks pretty great!

@david1 posted:

No issues but remember super O is only O36 and the switches are not that great.

Dave

Wide radius Super O...

The repro clips most vendors sell tend to be the problem with popping up and causing problems.  Originals don't seem to do that.  I replaced the repros with originals and they work just fine.

The answer is yes.

There are no issues with an O36 track system when a postwar GG-1 only requires O31.

I have a Super O layout and have had no issues with switches or with clips working loose.

Ross and most Atlas track is not ferromagnetic. It will destroy the pulling power of any  Magne-Traction equipped GG-1.  Ross switches will snag the sliding shoes on your GG-1.

The original poster is asking  whether a POSTWAR GG-1 will run on Super O track because he is considering the purchase of a POSTWAR GG-1. He did not state that he is considering the Super O system.  One can infer from the post that he likely already has a Super O layout.

@GregR posted:

The answer is yes.

There are no issues with an O36 track system when a postwar GG-1 only requires O31.

I have a Super O layout and have had no issues with switches or with clips working loose.

Ross and most Atlas track is not ferromagnetic. It will destroy the pulling power of any  Magne-Traction equipped GG-1.  Ross switches will snag the sliding shoes on your GG-1.

The original poster is asking  whether a POSTWAR GG-1 will run on Super O track because he is considering the purchase of a POSTWAR GG-1. He did not state that he is considering the Super O system.  One can infer from the post that he likely already has a Super O layout.

Ross track works with magnetraction. It is steel rails. I should know as I have Ross track.

franktrain, love your trio of GG1s.  Poetry in Motion!

@GregR posted:

Ross and most Atlas track is not ferromagnetic. It will destroy the pulling power of any  Magne-Traction equipped GG-1.

@Joe Fermani posted:

Ross track works with magnetraction. It is steel rails. I should know as I have Ross track.

Even GarGraves stainless works with MagneTraction.

As others have stated....NO problems with postwar GG1s on standard Super O track with postwar copper center rail clips. The repro ones do pop off.

have 10 GGs...all like super O....

Thanks guys, I appreciate all the replies!

I have used both original and replacement clips on my super O layouts.  When I am wiping down the track I inspect the clips.  On occasion I will find one that has moved and has to be shifted back.  I cannot recall ever having one come loose.  It was designed for Postwar trains and it works fine with most of them.  I have heard there are some locos of that era that the flanges were too big for super O, but have not run into that problem myself.

The thing about super O is it is a commitment.  You are chasing after a finite supply of track.  The switches are 50 years old and come in one size.  The line about the center rail chewing up rollers is overstated, but even though it is only an occasional problem it is real.

@Bill N posted:

...You are chasing after a finite supply of track.  The switches are 50 years old and come in one size...

And yet, it is still so much less expensive than FasTrack.

@ADCX Rob posted:

And yet, it is still so much less expensive than FasTrack.

You are preaching to the choir Rob.