Marklin track radii

[Alan]

I need a short length of trackage to test my nearly-ready spine car on. A shop I get stuff mail order from has some Marklin track in stock in 1st radius, 2nd radius and 3rd radius.

Anyone know what these radii are, and which should I use to test the car?

It really needs to be able to go around curves :D

[Alan]

* bump *

Just read another topic about using spare N scale track and re gauging one rail. As I have a lot of spare N track, I will do this, but still need to know what radius I should test the car on. In other words, what is the usual minimum radius in Z?

[pray59]

They have under 5" radius track out there. My Centerbeam kits have problems with anything much under 9" radius (because of the light weight) if you run a train of more than 6 of them, so I try to run them on the outside line which is 10" radius.

I would just see how far you can push them, and recommend the larger radius as minimum.

Marklin radius are listed as 145mm, 195mm, and 220mm. ;)

-Robert

[Alan]

Thanks Robert, will do some tests smile.gif