Ez track

philws · February 18, 2015, 07:17:37 PM

How do you tell the difference between 18 and 22 track just by looking at it

Morgun 30 · February 18, 2015, 09:49:29 PM

should say on the bottom of the track

ACY · February 18, 2015, 10:36:33 PM

Actually they are not marked

jbrock27 · February 18, 2015, 10:54:06 PM

The 22" has a broader curve to it and the 18" a tighter curve.

Hunt · February 18, 2015, 11:03:29 PM

Quote from: ACY on February 18, 2015, 10:36:33 PM
Actually they are not marked

Depend on when they were manufactured. I don't have the year the curve radius info was added to the info on the underside of the HO roadbed but it has been awhile.

ACY · February 18, 2015, 11:07:20 PM

The track from an Echo Valley set I got this year is unmarked. I have never seen marked curves.

jbrock27 · February 18, 2015, 11:08:23 PM

Prompted me to check some 18"R that I have and on the underside it is stamped: HO 18" R 30 degrees (w/degrees as a symbol).

ACY · February 18, 2015, 11:12:03 PM

Interesting, perhaps there are multiple factories producing the track or some molds have the info and some do not.

jbrock27 · February 18, 2015, 11:15:16 PM

Besides 2 Patent #s, there is another #. My guess and this is only a guess, is it may be a "lot #". That is 92124A13-2.

Joe Satnik · February 19, 2015, 12:45:35 AM

Duplicate question in HO:

http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/index.php/topic,29653.0.html

Scroll to bottom for track section lengths.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Joe Satnik

Edit: Italics added.

jbrock27 · February 19, 2015, 07:21:36 AM

Yes indeed there is:

Quote from: jbrock27 on February 18, 2015, 10:57:56 PM
Please, no offense intended, but isn't it a "no no" to post the same question 2X on the forum in 2 different places?

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