This stuff has been out a while now. How well do you like it? Does it hold up to being assembled, taken apart etc numerous times or is it best put down and left alone.
thanks
Steve
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I have had it for a while now and no problems to report. I have not taken it apart and put it back together much but still have had no problems. You can also add track pins to it if you wish.
Steve,
It is great stuff! I have been gathering more of it.
If I ever manage to set a layout up at TCA I will bring some so you can examine it (and run trains on it).
Hope you are doing well, sir!
Rich
I just got the Coal Train set and it came with a circle of the stuff. I wanted to get an idea of it's durability. I'm thinking of getting more to use for quickie layouts at TCA. I am mainly concerned whether it will handle being set up, taken down etc multiple times.
Steve
Originally Posted by RAK:
Steve,
It is great stuff! I have been gathering more of it.
If I ever manage to set a layout up at TCA I will bring some so you can examine it (and run trains on it).
Hope you are doing well, sir!
Originally Posted by Steve "Papa" Eastman:
This stuff has been out a while now. How well do you like it? Does it hold up to being assembled, taken apart etc numerous times or is it best put down and left alone.
thanks
Steve
If "numerous times" means once a year a Christmastime, it will likely last for decades. But if taken apart every weekend, well, probably will start getting loose after not that long.
You can get for the STD GA REALTRAX Rubber Feet, but there are no Plastic Clips that hold the Track together like MTH`s O Gauge REALTRAX..
Probably would not get used more than 4-6 times a year. If I order some track, I'll be sure to order the rubber feet also.
Steve
Wait a minute!
I just realized something-Steve, the Coal Train is not O Gauge and not Marx!
I assume that you noticed this.
I am shocked and appalled that you would make such a purchase!
What is the world coming to?
(have fun with your Coal Train!)
You trying to tell me it will not pass through my Marx pre war switches 
Steve
Originally Posted by RAK:
Wait a minute!
I just realized something-Steve, the Coal Train is not O Gauge and not Marx!
I assume that you noticed this.
I am shocked and appalled that you would make such a purchase!
What is the world coming to?
(have fun with your Coal Train!)
Steve,
If you try it, I want to see the video!
I use it on a nice plush rug under the christmas tree to run my 400E and 500 series freight. Snaps together easily, looks great, keeps oil an grease off the floor, and the train (12 freight cars long) runs incredibly quiet with no issues for hours! I turn off the sound and smoke systems and I use MTH's new DCS commander remote control with it. I really like the track better than the traditional style. If I ever build a STD layout, Realtrax is my choice.
Originally Posted by Wurlitzer:
I use it on a nice plush rug under the christmas tree to run my 400E and 500 series freight. Snaps together easily, looks great, keeps oil an grease off the floor, and the train (12 freight cars long) runs incredibly quiet with no issues for hours! ... I really like the track better than the traditional style. If I ever build a STD layout, Realtrax is my choice.
I think it's particularly great for running all around the room instead of being limited to whatever size platform supports the Christmas tree itself. I'd like to see some switches, too, but I don't know if the market would support another standard gauge switch offering.
Originally Posted by Gilbert Ives:
I'd like to see some switches, too, but I don't know if the market would support another standard gauge switch offering.
I think there is a market. I have many customers locally that has purchased the starter sets from me and have been asking for switches. All I can offer them is the traditional switches that MTH makes. Besides the fact the price point is high for them, I am not a big fan of the overall look of them connected to the Realtrax. The track by itself......I am all the time reordering it. I can only imagine the layouts they are building on the floor!
Hi all,
Is this track noisy, I have a downstairs neighbor and they hear my trains running
if I use this track plus foam and a rug would it quiet it down?
Thanks
tin
About as noisy as o gauge Realtrax.
