jcvalentine
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Looking for Interrail suspended train system covering a rectangle 30 feet by 10 feet. Please advise if you know anyone selling this discontinued product.
Interrail suspended train system for G Scale 30'x10'
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DafyddElvy
1:22.5 & 15mm Scale Trams, , NG Steam Railways
Your query intrigued me so I had a wee search of the interweb and found these, not exactly the same but similar systems
Loco-Boose Hobbies | Sky-Trestle
Loco-Boose Hobbies Home Page, manufacturers of Sky-Trestle suspended train systems for G-Scale and O-Scale trains
www.locoboose.com
Showed my wife who said noooo with a load voice, so I'm guessing were not going to have one in the house
David1226
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I have to confess that I have never understood the concept of suspending track from the ceiling, it appears to be a predominately US idea. I accept that in the real world there are elevated railways but these are a necessity to provide transport for the masses in a crowded environment. I have never understood spending a lot of money on a model railway only to suspend it at an unnatural height where you cannot see it properly and appreciate the detail.
David
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playmofire
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Maybe Americans are of above average height.
DafyddElvy
1:22.5 & 15mm Scale Trams, , NG Steam Railways
Maybe they are used as a means to connect rooms and possibly connect different levels in the home with one of these.
jcvalentine
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I think our wives to two timing us. I've seen these systems and they just won't work in my finished basement. The interrail is most discrete. My local hobby shop actually has the moulds purchased from the inventor but the tooling for the metal support is too expensive. My best bet is to find someone who is getting rid of system. Old timer maybe or a train convention. Not sure why these other systems are so bulky but oh well. I guess not much demand. I waited 1 year too long to order when inventor closed up shop. May give up one day and try these out or make something myself. Thanks for detailed response! JVYour query intrigued me so I had a wee search of the interweb and found these, not exactly the same but similar systems
Loco-Boose Hobbies | Sky-Trestle
Loco-Boose Hobbies Home Page, manufacturers of Sky-Trestle suspended train systems for G-Scale and O-Scale trainswww.locoboose.com
Showed my wife who said noooo with a load voice, so I'm guessing were not going to have one in the house
Greg Elmassian
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Yes, on average, the average "american" is 1" taller than a male from the UK now that you mention it.
This elevated railways are often used in restaurants and hobby shops and other shops. They then do not take costly floor space.
There are also people who want a train indoors but again are not allowed to use floor space.
Finally there are people who do the proper job of an indoor railway, but they are not married. ;-)
This elevated railways are often used in restaurants and hobby shops and other shops. They then do not take costly floor space.
There are also people who want a train indoors but again are not allowed to use floor space.
Finally there are people who do the proper job of an indoor railway, but they are not married. ;-)
jcvalentine
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Thanks, I've got 9' basement ceilings and yes I've only seen in restaurants but 20 years ago. And yes the wife is not a fan but....
LGB-Sid
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Sat thinking, I could have one running round my kitchen above the cupboards. Funny what you notice then, whoever but the cupboards in did not put them all at he same height, from the top of the cupboard to the ceiling varies by 2 inches in the different banks of cupboards ... but no Wife to object to my silly ideas now 
High level in a kitchen..Sat thinking, I could have one running round my kitchen above the cupboards. Funny what you notice then, whoever but the cupboards in did not put them all at he same height, from the top of the cupboard to the ceiling varies by 2 inches in the different banks of cupboards ... but no Wife to object to my silly ideas now
Not a good idea, think of the grease etc. that would collect on the track and wheels..
PhilP
Greg Elmassian
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unistrut would be butt-ugly for sure.... yes if you cook greasy food all the time, grease on rails, but restaurants usually have more issues with continuous running.. oxidation...
stainless steel rail has become more affordable, since the price of copper has risen faster than SS...
go for it!
stainless steel rail has become more affordable, since the price of copper has risen faster than SS...
go for it!
DafyddElvy
1:22.5 & 15mm Scale Trams, , NG Steam Railways
I cannae repeat what my wife said to the idea of trams running in the house outside of my wee room, she was quite unlady like with her reply 
jcvalentine
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TTaannggss
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Dutch are the tallest.
.that is cus of evolution.... Before they had dykes they used to walk on their tippy toes to gasp for air. .....evolution
voodoopenguin
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Not according to the US 'World Population review' for 2023. Average US male is 1 cm shorter and the average US female is 0.5 cm shorter.
I remember reading something last year about research in the US into why this is. Not sure they had a definitive answer at the time.
Paul
TTaannggss
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Maybe so. I read something interesting last week. The average Canadian lives 5 years longer than the average American. Cool eh. I think that it might be because of being exposed to pollution? I have no idea but if this is so I will be 5 years less. Sarnia is very polluted. I think an elevated rail would be aw some if it went through a basement window and into the garden. I have even thought of it for myself. As of yesterday know how to do it using my style of horizontal sliding window.
TTaannggss
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What part is shorter though?