We are just curious as the system looks pretty well made and seems to have quite a few parts available. Any thoughts? Mike
Kato, it's not. Pricey it is. For a youngster or newbie wanting to set-up his first layout this is an ok way to go. By far better then the Atlas sectional track we used to set up on mom's carpet in the front room. Never mind the carpet fibers that worked into the gears of the locomotives. Upside it's a great way to teach someone how to install sectional track and wire in those automated switches. A starter set that will serve a newbie well.
" By far better then the Atlas sectional track we used to set up on mom's carpet in the front room. Never mind the carpet fibers that worked into the gears of the locomotives." What is weird to me: is that any one would ever set up track on a carpet or a floor of any kind. I never, ever, thought of doing that even when I first started in 1975. I started with sectional track (Bachmann and Atlas) and even now use Atlas sectional for many places where I want the curves to be exact, or for short stretches of straight track.
When starting my very first layout I decided to use EZ-track as it was available here locally. I really didn't have any problems building a decent layout with what was available but my problems began with their turnouts, On a few occasions I would have a turnout go bad after a week or 2 return it for another turnout only to find it was defective too. That's when I switched to unitrack & all those annoying problems dissappeared but Hey that's just my experience.
I bought an oval of it just to be able to test locomotives in my work area.Seemed fine to me,never had any problems.The only thing that was a little weird to me was,there was kind of a casting flaw in the top of ever piece of rail,a little cross ridge....
A friend of mine uses it on his lil 3x4 civil war layout, and is well pleased with it. He has one switch and it hasn't given him any trouble. The only issue it ever had was keeping things carefully lined up as it has a bit of play side to side. Now it is all glued down it is working good.
Well...you know I was a kid once up on a time and had little to no knowledge of model railroading. Thus my remark. If others can learn from it...so be it. I learned quickly as did my parents that the track on the carpet wasn't going to work out. Eventually leading to my purchasing a 4' X 8' sheet of plywood, some 2X4's for legs and mounted my track on the board. Never mind "Smokey" a big male cat of mine. I soon learned how to use a vacuum before operating trains. But, thanks for the kind words.........anyway. Weird? Yeah, that kind word. Now quit poking the bear. Price? Interesting that in my family background there is an alleged Great Uncle or Cousin with the last name of Price. Who knows we might be related. Naw, I don't think so.
Well, if they came from Ohio, or had any connection with the city of Price, Utah, then you may be lucky. Of course the Price is right. And even though I was in my early twenties I seem to have read enough to not put any thing floor, by reading some model railroad magazines. Does this make me smart? No, just in the correct place and reading at the correct time.
LOL No it doesn't make you smart. I don't know...smart @$$. Sigh! Wisdom and being wiser will take you down the road further. That be you! I learned at an early age what cause and effect was. Does that make me a dumb @$$? I heard that! There were train articles in the model railroad wig wags that boo-hooed the idea of putting anything on the floor but what's a kid to do when he doesn't even know the wags exist. Experience can be an awesome but tough teacher. For me, serious model railroading started at about the age of 12 years old. First trains actually on a piece of plywood. On a family note: Yes, it was thought the Price family came out of Ohio, as did the Howland family. The Price in our family resided on the desert making his home in Phoenix, AZ. He and a young lady I would later know as my Great Grandma, had two children a girl and boy. As can happen they later divorced. I knew her daughter as my Grandma. Two long a story to tell. However, Billy (William Price) the son of Mr. Price, did work for the Santa Fe Railroad, out of Barstow, Ca. He married a Harvey House Girl. If related you should be keying in right about now. Not to worry about what I put on the floor. As I go into my second child hood....anything is possible.
For young people getting an ho set for Christmas before integrated roadbed, of course you put it on the carpet why would you expect say, a 10year old to read?
I set up my O on 11'x12'ish feet of carpet protected by white sheets (snow) For 2 months a year. No problems, beyond a dog that occasionally runs through it. Some years I work an N scale loop into an open area. If it's wrong, I don't want to be right. If setting up on the floor brought anyone enjoyment, criticizing it is stupid and petty. My understanding is sectional track, on the floor is the norm in Japan, where space is limited and layouts come out on weekends.
Hmmm, track on the floor. Let me think back (wheeze geeze) ahh now I remember. Back in my very young days with the old three rail Lionel it was on the floor around the Christmas tree. Of course back then hardwood floors and not carpet from wall to wall was the norm. Eventually that old three rail was located on a sheet of plywood under my bed. And now back to the topic of Bmann EZ track. Thought about using it as a inexpensive source of track for rebuilding my test track, that is until I looked at some early this year and what I thought was inexpensive was not. After being revived from the sticker shock for what I consider a far cheaper product than what is offered by Kato I said no way thankyou.
I use EZ track for a mainline, but for different spurs and industrial areas-to-be, I use Atlas Code 80. It's smooth, and idiots like me can master it pretty quick.
Never used nscale EZ track, but HO scale is way cheaper than Kato and easy to find everywhere. It's more expensive than atlas snap, but way cheaper than Kato.
im not gonna be ashamed to admit that I currently use EZ track on my train layout. Bought 75.00 worth of the bulk track from lantz train shop (wholesaletrains.com) a few weeks ago, as a late birthday gift. (of course dumba** me bought the wrong curve track, already had 11.25" radius curves...........so what do i do, buy 12 more 11.25" curves, instead of what I wanted to get)
PM me, if you want/need more. I have a few starter set loops and maybe a bachmann controller, if you are interested.
