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John Rutzen	28/05/2018 08:36:49
411 forum posts 22 photos	Hi, does anyone know where I can get the parts to make a length of realistic looking display track for 31/2 and 5 inch gauge locomotives please?
KWIL	28/05/2018 10:06:51
3681 forum posts 70 photos	Try these people LINK
JasonB	28/05/2018 10:10:52
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	Blackgates and Polly Eng also do display track.
John Rutzen	28/05/2018 10:56:50
411 forum posts 22 photos	Thanks for the replies. I can't find it in Polly or Blackgates catalogues so I have emailed them. I can get it at the other suppliers but it is very expensive. I can make wooden sleepers easily enough, all I want is short lengths of rail which will post. Maybe i'll have to mill them from steel bar.
Bazyle	28/05/2018 11:28:53
6956 forum posts 229 photos	If you are after steel rather than aluminium then you will find it significantly more expensive, if available. It is also going to mostly be flat bottomed in aluminium as the bulk use is for running tracks Flat bottomed steel would be much more difficult to make.
Nick Hughes	28/05/2018 12:27:14
307 forum posts 150 photos	Did you find these:- LINK on your search?
Speedy Builder5	28/05/2018 19:03:42
2878 forum posts 248 photos	What are the thoughts about running on rectangular section steel bar instead of railhead section ? BobH
John Rutzen	28/05/2018 19:34:58
411 forum posts 22 photos	Thank you Nick that looks about the best one. I think quite a lot of tracks used to be rectangular steel bar. I know when I was a member of York MES in the 1960's that was what they used.
Neil Wyatt	28/05/2018 23:12:45
19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles	I made a short 'test track' out of rolled black bar with rounded sides.

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