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It takes 12 sections to make a circle, just like traditional Gilbert track.

 

EDIT: As an aside, I'd mention that the K-Line track I've purchased exhibits a manufacturing flaw that I find a bit irritating. Namely, the ends of the rails on the 54" curves are not trimmed "flush". On some sections it seems that one rail (usually the inside) is nearly 1/8" too short. The sections go together OK, and the trains run, but there's up to a 1/8" gap between the rail ends on some sections so the train is actually running on the rail joiner for a short distance instead of on the rail head itself. If you like "clickety-clack" sounds I guess this is OK. I do have a few circles of 54" track that came with my Ready-to-Run Docksider sets and the track ends appear to be trimmed a bit more flush. Maybe I just got a bad batch of the K-Line stuff. I'm not sure if others have seen this minor problem.

 

Your mileage may vary.

Last edited by Craig Donath

Thanks to all for the replies and information.  Since there was conflicting information, and not wanting to pay for shipping a second order if I came up short, I bought 16, figuring that I could always use extra pieces to insert a couple of s-curves.  It turns out that the correct answer is that 12 pieces make a circle.

 

As for the gauge, it seems identical to my AF by Lionel track, but we will see what happens when wheels hit the rails.  Unfortunately, I have some building to do before that happens. 

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