Hi everyone,
New with o gauge and I have bought old Lionel tube track in lots on ebay and have reconditioned them. My engines work great however would like to get more out of my curves other than 31 and 42. Can you attach flex track to the lionel track or am I stuck with those diameters. I have 31 on the inside and 42 on the outside, 42 works good but not enough table to go 42 inside and 54 outside. Any advice would be helpfull and thanks to everyone who has helped me with my other questions.
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Well, if you're asking about flexible tubular track, of a style compatible with Lionel, I have no idea! Never seen it, to the best of my 67 years knowledge.
On the other hand, you can get Gargraves flexible track to marry up to tubular if you buy Gargraves' adapter pins which connect the rectangular end of their rails to the round end of Lionel's.
HOWEVER!!!!....
If you have never tried bending Gargraves flex track into a decent smooth curve, you're in for (how can I say this?)...a 'learning experience'. It ain't easy for the novice. (It ain't easy for those more experienced, either?) AND...you will have to re-cut the rail ends after bending to square them up for mating to the Lionel track.
Atlas also makes a flex track, and I'm certain it can marry up to Lionel with the correct joiners. I suspect it might be easier to bend into a smooth, consistent curve. However, here again, you'll have to re-cut the ends of the flex track to square them up to the Lionel.
All-in-all, it would be easier to redo tables to accommodate fixed curve choices among the manufacturers...methinks.
Just trying to save you from a migraine....
KD
you can buy tubular track in the
following denominations
O27, 31, 36, 42, 48, 54, 63, 72, 81,
and Ive even seen 96.
Ok, let me ask you this, If I have standard O and not O27 can you use these together in the curves or do they have to be seperate. So Can I have standard O track and O27 curves?
It is best to keep 027 and O gauge tubular tracks seperate from each other, in plain English don't mix 027 and O gauge track!! The long term hassles are not worth it.
Get Gargraves flex track or half curves in 031 and mix and match that way.
Lee F.
o27 is a thinner/low rail track and the O gage is a high rail track.but if my memory is wright? Because my O gage is running on O gage 72 track..
O27 is a cheaper low rail track that Lionel started making
to put into sets. If you are building a layout, stick to
O gauge, its heavyer and sits higher and anything that
will run on O27 will run on O gauge track
Thanks for all the advise
Gary
bottom line.........jump in both feet,
its a fun hobby
Actually, in a sense, GG trak IS a kind of tube track......
technically speaking, although its not as heavy
gauge material as O gauge tubular track
bottom line.........jump in both feet,
its a fun hobby
that can be expencive!
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