Hello! I am planning on buying new steel track soon and was needing some ideas on what brand to buy. I would love to collect a bunch of Tyco Tru-Steel but don't want to kill time with the hassle.
I want a brand of steel track that is readily avalible with long radius curves, switches etc.
I've not bought track in over 30 years so help will be appriciated. Thank You! Walt
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Walt-you would be better buying Nickel Silver track--you can find bundles or lots on ebay fairly reasonable and with long radius curves esoecially the bachmann EZ track. You can also find tru-steel by bachmann also but over time will need cleaning more than nickel silver. There has recently on ebay been lots of Tyco tru Steel. If you are set on tru steel track--i would use Bachmann brand but i don't they make the super long curves in tru steel like they do in nickel silver.
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Thanks guys! Brian, you are right... I was calling the silver track "steel". It is the Nickle silver I want to use. I don't want to have to clean it all the time. I remember as a kid cleaning the old brass track all the time. MIKE, I had been told about the Atlas code 100 before. It seems to be a favorite to many!
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My only beef with nickle-silver is the price. Yes it's a chore to clean brass or steel, but you can buy tons and tons of it used for the same price as a little bit of nickle-silver stuff.
But hey, if you have enough money it is certainly worth the cost. - Matt -
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A few of their new 22" snap switches might prove handy as well although I don't get why Atlas make no curved turnouts, increasingly useful track pieces in my opinion.
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Be careful if you buy some old Tyco Tru-steel track. I bought a bunch of NOS Tru-Steel turnouts on Ebay and even though they were still blister packed the track was very corroded. I was able to clean up most of it and they work fine. I can live with some corrosion on the sides of the rails as ballast etc will eventually cover most of it. Atlas nickel silver is one of the best in my opinion.
Todd
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Posted - July 30 2009 : 4:07:34 PM
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well I'm looking for the E-Z track stuff 
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