Thanks everyone for the “votes of confidence” for USA TRACK Standard Gauge track. We do try our best!
Art is absolutely correct about the old MTH “10-series” track being well made. It was made by EBR Products (in New Jersey) using the same tooling USA TRACK uses today. I believe all of it is stamped MTH on the ties (we have about 20,000 of those ties on a back shelf), whereas the troublesome Chinese made track marketed by MTH was stamped “Lionel”. Now that MTH has dropped the licensing agreement with Lionel, I suspect any new Chinese made track they import will also be stamped MTH, so be beware.
Kirk