Superstreets templates and other questions

Hi Nick:

I believe that K-Line did make templates available a year or so after they came out with Superstreets in 2005 or 2006.  Let me do some research to see if I can find them or any reference to them.

Bill

E-Mail me at Robertemerson12@Gmail.com

I have a copy of the K-Line Super Streets program that is based on the RR Track Program but i use it stand alone it was offered free as a Download from the K-Line Website.  I will look in a couple of my old hard drives and make sure I still have it

Nick:

Bobbie’s posting verifies that K-Line did make templates available on their non-defunct website.  I did find a reference to Superstreets Templates in the 2009 K-Line by Lionel catalog.  They were available online at www.k-line.lionel.com .  Obviously that section of Lionel’s website is no longer operational, either. 

Hopefully Bobbie’s download will work for you.  If not, we could always make our own out of cardboard!

Bill

I've used AnyRail for tracking planning in the past - it's got some quirks but it actually does have a library of super streets pieces. I'm not sure they have every piece (particularly the detail pieces like the skid mark) but it's enough to get a basic plan together.

AnyRail had a free trial version at one time (limited to 50pc).

Maybe its still available?

Who is the current manufacturer? Is there a catalog that shows all of the available pieces?

The author of SCARM was reluctant to make a library without some reference and/or specifications. I have been working on this since march of this year. Any help?

Shouldn't be a problem.

You can work around in SCARM using Atlas or GG flex track and the flex track modeling tool. 16 Radius and 45° Arc Angle and then the 21 inch radius. Straights made to length.

So, the dogbone or other arrangement using the wye and now the switches would be the catch. If you are just making a loop, you should be ok.

pghrailfan,

I just tried to send you an email using the one in your profile and it kicked back.

Is that a good one. I have something for you.

Carl:

Bachmann is the current manufacturer of E-Z Streets, as they are now called.  The E-Z Streets product line is shown in the Williams by Bachmann section of the 2015 Bachmann catalog and also on their website, but I could not find any reference to E-Z Streets templates either in the catalog or on the website.

Bill

Scarm has road pieces but they are not listed as easy streets or any other

they are a little bit of a pain to use but they do work some however the curved sections are based on flex and you make the curves

this is what I have found out

FWIW, Lee Willis' Streets book does a good job of describing all the Streets pieces available in detail. Also describes their special uses and how they all fit together, like what needs to be used where and when. They are now made by Williams by Bachmann.

I bought Lee's book (very inexpensive, like $10 or so), but when it first came out he was offering a free download of a digital copy. I think this was available from Amazon? Don't know if this would be enough detail for the SCARM author, but it might give him a helping hand and is certainly worth a look.

I found a link that Lionel had when they had streets in 2006 for a layout planning guide. I believe that had the templates and was in a .pdf form, but I cannot find it anywhere on the net.

Thanks for tips to the sources. I'll nudge him on the project.

Is there a digital copy of Willis' book available? I could only find the paperback on Amazon. 

I might have been wrong about the Amazon download?

Try here: Lee's website  

Thanks...at the risk of sounding overly "techie" I try to read everything on the iPad now rather than physical books. It's just much more portable.

I'm old and old fashioned too. I much prefer reading a print copy of anything over the digital version. It is just not the same.

Thank you for the link to lees website

Yes...thanks for the link. He does have digital versions available there.

Rob and Moonman:

The pghrailfan@gmail.com email should work for emailing your stuff. If it doesn't, try emailing your files to Daniel@speerco.com, though I'm not sure that email works.

I have a printed copy of the K-Line by Lionel Superstreets templates which I have scanned. There is no page number on these pages, so I don't know if there were more pages. I may have only printed the pages I wanted.