Had Scaletrax incorporated a similar RR Tie system as Atlas using their own lower profile Rails and center blade they would have easily had the runaway best 3 rail track system out there by far! Some years ago I took a short section of Atlas and pulled the 3 rails. Substituted rail and center blade from ScaleTrax and the effect was terrific. Wish I still had some photos of the result - MUCH improved over stock ScaleTrax AND especially over Atlas. :-) If any of you guys have some of both around, give it a try - Very nice looking hybrid track.
Another improvement would have been to cut down the size and height of the center blade to make it less obtrusive as illustrated by Ron H's use of N gauge rail with his set up. The center pickup doesn't have to be as large or as high as the two outer rails at all.
