ISO solid straight track rail

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ISO solid straight track rail

Postby G3750 » Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:18 am

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I am looking for solid straight track rails, something like the Atlas ones. I just need the individual rails, no ties or anything else. Can someone recommend a source? How difficult is it to disassemble a piece of Atlas track to get the rails?

These are intended for use as overhead or bridge crane rails.

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Re: ISO solid straight track rail

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:39 am

What code? Atlas is pretty good sized. I probably have some code 125 laying about - what length?
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Re: ISO solid straight track rail

Postby chuck » Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:07 pm

You can order rails for hand laying in sizes from Code 125 to 205 BUT you have to order "bundles". If you only need a few feet, aka one or two 3 foot long sections then I'd recommend buying a section of Flex track and removing the ties. Atlas O two rail is code 148 and comes apart pretty easily. I suspect the Atlas O three rail isn't that hard to disassemble once you cut the ties. A band saw should make short work of this with one cut on either side of the third rail.

Raw rail:

http://microengineering.com/Micro_Engineering_Price_List_Sept_2018.pdf

I can't find my sample sections of Atlas O three rail but I think it's around Code 200.
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Re: ISO solid straight track rail

Postby G3750 » Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:21 pm

Thanks all. We have decided to disassemble a 40" straight section of Atlas.

Length will be determined by the length of the crane bay. My Open Hearth crane bays will be at least 50" long.

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Re: ISO solid straight track rail

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:23 pm

Great solution!

Saves me mailing you some, :wink: :wink:
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