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Anyone ever set-up a layout using Lionel's Super O Track. Back in the 60's I did have a loop of Super O on my layout to run the Lionel gang car and trolley. It was a huge improvement in realism over the available tubular track at the time. Maybe on my next layout another loop of Super O to run Postwar and conventional Trains on.
Super O-Gauge. Super O-gauge track was the precursor to Fastrack. It is incompatible with the other Lionel track types. It was introduced in 1957 as a realistic alternative to the tinplate track types (O- and O27- gauges). Super-O track had a brass center rail, brown plastic ties and metal reinforcing ties.
The closest thing "in appearance" to Super-O in modern-day production is MTH ScaleTrax, which is what I used on my layout today. As a young boy, I was drawn to Super-O in the Lionel catalogs. But by the time I got my first toy train set (1966/67), Lionel's Super-O production was sparse to non-existent. And by 1968/69, it wasn't even catalog'd ...
Obtaining super O switches can be a problem as good working pairs are getting harder to come by. There are conversion pins to connect O or O27 track to super O but that defeats the purpose. Big AL; running Lionel trains for half a century! Your right. I've seen a few on ebay for $100 and up per set.
With this new layout I decided to switch from Lionel tubular track to Super O track. Super O track is readily available at very reasonable prices via eBay and/or the TCA exchange. I have always wanted to use Super O track and the time has come to give it a try. The layout I decided on was a D-264 that Lionel made in 1959. It is a small sized ...
O gauge trains run on a minimum 31" radius curve. 027 is a minimum 27" curve. Super O is a minimum 36". There are lots of larger radius track is available and some O gauge requires larger curves (for example the new Big Boy requires a minimum 072). Super O was produced first in 1957 and was Lionel's effort to produce more realistic track.
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