G45 Track LGB or Peco?
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I think that the Brass used on the Accucraft was very hard. Andy Rush started using it around 2003/4 in his Fiddle Yards so may well have been the early stuff. Pretty well imposible to drill without breaking drills unless you stripped it out of the Sleepers and used a Vertical Drill with the Rail in a Vice. Not something that all could be bothered to do. We wanted to get the Aristo Screws in to cut Rail, but in the end decided to use Hillman Track Clamps.
JonD
Sarah Winfield
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This has been an enjoyable and informative read. I was going to buy some Peco 45mm track but having read this thread I think I'll wait until I can afford some LGB or Accucraft. I don't need much and the LGB seems to be more robust.
Presumably it is the track one sees in model shops with an LGB 0-4-0 locomotive chugging round?
Presumably it is the track one sees in model shops with an LGB 0-4-0 locomotive chugging round?
James Day
Guano Corner Rly - Runs weekly - Guano permitting
Sarah,
It usually is LGB track as you say. It was LGB track that Playmobil sold with their track powered train system too, which says a lot in the confidence that they had in the robutness and user friendly nature of it!
If it is on a firm base you can walk on it without damage. Some of my rails date back to the dawn of LGB, whilst a lot dates from the late 70s. It is all still perfectly serviceable dispite repeated use both in and out of doors.
I have seen and handled PECO track and very lovely it is too, but it is very fine scale and too delicate, in my view.
Some years ago Tri-ang made a 00 Gauge track called 'Super 4', it was a lot like LGB track - it quite had massive rails and a firm strong sleeper base and was highly suitable for repeated use/abuse by children. You can't say that about many model rail track systems, in fact none made today fit that decription, except LGB!
James
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Yeah, I grew up with Series 3 then Super 4 - the latter was bulletproof compared to System 6 and later.
Chris Berry
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Hello there,
I use Piko track and I'm very happy with that stuff.
http://www.gaugemaster.com/piko/piko-g-scale-track.pdf
I use Piko track and I'm very happy with that stuff.
http://www.gaugemaster.com/piko/piko-g-scale-track.pdf
James Day
Guano Corner Rly - Runs weekly - Guano permitting
Chris,
From what I have seen PIKO borrow heavily on the basic designs pioneered by LGB, with both track and track related items, so thier track, point motors etc look as good in quality and durability as LGB. In fact sometimes better - such as the weather proffing of the point motors, or the very durable design of their relatively new track mounted reed, that makes the similarly priced LGB one look like something out of a Xmas Cracker
Piko - Sound choice!
James
From what I have seen PIKO borrow heavily on the basic designs pioneered by LGB, with both track and track related items, so thier track, point motors etc look as good in quality and durability as LGB. In fact sometimes better - such as the weather proffing of the point motors, or the very durable design of their relatively new track mounted reed, that makes the similarly priced LGB one look like something out of a Xmas Cracker
Piko - Sound choice!
James
Zerogee
Clencher's Bogleman
I think that there may be a little confusion developing between PECO (British-made Code 250) and PIKO (German-made Code 332)...... 
When talking about them to people, although BOTH, I believe, are correctly pronounced PEE-KO I usually pronounce the German company as PIE-KO to avoid confusion.
Jon.
When talking about them to people, although BOTH, I believe, are correctly pronounced PEE-KO I usually pronounce the German company as PIE-KO to avoid confusion.
Jon.
If Sarah is thinking of a double track, with points between..
Then that adds another level of complexity to the arrangement of the shuttle unit. - Not too difficult, both gapped sections wired in parallel, but a single train running.
Then, if you wanted to be able to run 'any end, to any other', could you get points and crossover in ten feet, with enough room to still detect / stop the train??
Then that adds another level of complexity to the arrangement of the shuttle unit. - Not too difficult, both gapped sections wired in parallel, but a single train running.
Then, if you wanted to be able to run 'any end, to any other', could you get points and crossover in ten feet, with enough room to still detect / stop the train??