Tubular Track Roadbed?

How do you know they're not in business anymore?  I was planning my railroad

with their product in mind.

 

     Hoppy

Matt:

 

I have some extra Johnson roadbed. Check with me if you are interested.

Brian,

 

I'll email you later. Thanks!

Any other suggestions for good looking but ballast free tubular track/roadbed? Not interested in fastrack, etc.

My first O gauge railroad in 1987 used tubular track O72 switches and Johnson Roadbed. Not only did the Johnson road bed look terrific, it reduced the sound significantly.

 

 

Seems to be some on Ebay:

Johnsons

Hope this helps a little.

 

Jerry

I'm considering the Johnson roadbed and a few other options. I don't do eBay so are there other reliable sources out there? I found Americas best but of course, no 0-31 curves which I would need.

What about seems at joints? I want it to look 100% clean with no seems in between pieces, etc.

Matt,

 

Have you checked out Woodland Scenics roadbed.  I have used it with my Lionel tubular track.  It is flexible enough to use on 072, 054 and even 031 curves.  It comes in 24 foot rolls so you can keep the number of seams to a minimum, and even these are not very visible. 

 

George 

 

George, 

 

Just ordered a bunch of tubular track and some Woodland Scenics roadbed. Used it in the early years and had some difficulty (mainly operator error) but am willing to give it another shot. 

Rick Johnson's Rubber roadbed is great stuff.  I first purchased it about three years ago for my Standard Gauge Christmas Carpet Central Railway.  I have been using it at Christmas time ever since.  It looks great, protects the carpet from oil stains and helps the trains run a lot smoother if running on a carpet.  I have also used their O Gauge rubber roadbed for a small all tinplate O gauge layout I have in my basement.  It also looks great and really helps with quiet running on a plywood base.  If you like running tubular track Johnson's roadbed can't be beat.  I ordered some additional roadbed last year and used this telephone number to get in touch with them:  310-371-9668.  Hope this helps.