Reply to "How many of you hand lay your own rail?"

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Thanks Phil all good information! I think $84 is reasonable also. I have Brads website saved on my list of train items. I had 5 or 6 #5 Atlas switches I bought at a great price and sold them last year since I didn't have a layout. I had a carpet switching layout for a while, but had to take it down...then I sold them since I knew I was going to move. They worked fine for what I used them for, but I like the look of Brads better.

I have no problem buying switches...I just want to lay my own rail...maybe one day play with making my own switch.

My question is with the numbered switches...what do they equate to in terms of radius? I know the larger the number the larger the radius (I think), but is a #5 equivalent to ?What? radius or do they not equate that way?

1/19/2312:31 PM

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