Has anyone switched back from fastrack to traditional O?

I have not switched from Fastrack to tubular...I have always used tubular.  To me, postwar and earlier trains just don't look right on Fastrack.

 

Jeff Davis

I tried Fastrack for a small layout and quickly traded it off! It was too difficult to do what I like to do with tubular track.

My K-Line Interurbans & Williams engines like tubular better.

 

Lee Fritz

 

First, let me say I love Fastrack.

 

Now then, since I mostly do layouts in the old style "dealer display" tradition with all manner of accessories, I decided to go back to tubular track.  It finishes off the look I like with my trains.

 

I already owned a ton of it that I boxed up when I went to a new layout using Fastrack.

 

So, count me as one who went back to tubular.

 

 

As an aside, even with Fastrack, let me just say, don't be afraid of a saw, Dremel or otherwise.   I've made myself many custom sections for all manner of uses with Fastrack, just as I've always done with good old tubular.

I made the switch and haven't regretted it.  When I first built my layout it was Fastrack, owing to the fact that I had it from two sets, along with extra track I'd bought for setting up at Christmas.  Since I've narrowed my interest to 70's through early 90's Lionel, I decided to go back to tubular. It just looks "right" with the era of my trains, and fits in well with my carpet-top toy train layout.  The O31 curves also allowed me to get two loops on my 4x10 platform. I still use some of my Fastrack around the tree but that's it.

bdobson,

   Every once in a while I will set up a tubular Christmas layout with the 027, or O, switches and all, but man I am sold on FasTrack with the Command Control switches!

PCRR/Dave

It's a personal decision and there is nothing wrong with either choice really.   I bought up a few piles of it (fastrack) a couple of years ago and used it on Christmas layouts and on a layout for my son.  It worked just fine, absolutely no issues.  That said, I never had any intentions of switching my main layout over.  One reason was due to the potential cost of switches.  In all honesty though, I'd have to say I just like the looks of tubular better, to me it is quieter, and it is certainly no more difficult to work with.

I have taken up my Fastrack track from my 4 x 10' table top.  I am in tthe process of taking pics of it, bundling up a few box full and placing on the buy/sell board.

 

I am replacing it with either OLDER K-Line Shadow Rail or the rebuilt Tinman 3 Rail track

FasTrack too bleepin' loud.  Period.

 

Got new and used  tube track and a bunch of used O-22 type switches for a fraction of the cost of FasTrack.  I'm happy.

 

Pete

 

 

 

 

I started off with the FasTrack that came with my starter set and expansion packs, but I've liked the look of tubular track all along.  The only additional FasTrack I've bought is a pair of transition sections.  The nostalgia factor certainly plays a major role in choosing traditional tubular, but since I have experience with it now, I find it superior to FasTrack in that it is significantly quieter and allows greater flexibility in trimming sections to fit (not there yet, but I'm thinking ahead!) and in electrical isolation.

Aaron