Flat bottom rail for S7

[Marc Dobson]

I'm looking at building some micro layouts that would need to be built using flat bottom rail. The rail would be a lighter weight than what would be used on a main line in the UK. Any suggestions of what code of rail I should use and where I can get hold of some.
Marc

 

[John Duffy]

My initial reaction would be to look to the US market, for example - 36" Micro Engineering Rail

John

 

[Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen]

Marc,

Kalgarin Models have lighter section rail listed, see link attached to this message.
Richard at Kalgarin is very helpful and good to deal with.

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Tim

 

[Oz7mm]

Richard McLeish at Karlgarin Models does flat bottom rail in Codes 83, 100 and 125 in HiNi nickel silver

The Micro Engineering rail (which I think you can get via EDM here) tends to be rather yellower in colour.

John

 

[Osgood]

Don’t forget this earlier discussion:

S7 flat bottom track for a light railway/industrial rural tramway

One outcome of a day sorting files is the discovery of this comparator that I pulled off the www (source unknown) back in Oct 2014. I trust the author John Clutterbuck will not object to its showing on here - if anyone knows him could you please ask him if he is ok with this? If there is a...

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[Allen M]

Hi mark
On my Colonel Stephens stile light railway I used Peco code 100 as used in their oo flex track. It equates to 56lb rail full size. I soldered to PCB sleepers as the track is supposed to be directly spiked to sleepers at 3ft spacing.

The track I was trying to get this photo the Western Clevedon & Portishead Railway in 1938 so a bit run down shortly before closure..

Regards
Allen

 

[Marc Dobson]

I was recommended getting rail section from Marcway has anyone used their rail? Is it the same as Peco?
Marc

 

[Jordan]

I was recommended getting rail section from Marcway has anyone used their rail? Is it the same as Peco?
Marc

I have used Marcway Code 125 FB rail for the 'main' on my U.S. O Scale layout.

The spurs in the background are Peco Code 100, although the purists frown on this as the rail head width is a few thou. too narrow, compared to true O Scale Code 100, as supplied by Kalgarin.