Mike, why not hand lay your own track? It's not difficult.artfull dodger:123448 wrote:Dealing with the high cost for a live steamer was the major hurdle I had to get past when I shifted to 16mm vs track powered LGB style garden railroading. I still long for a brand new Lady Anne from Roundhouse, maybe some day! For now my venerable Merlin Major keeps trains moving. Now if sourcing 32mm Peco track wasn't so hard on my side of the pond. Still running over German girder rails for now. A new raised line is in the planning stages and the hope is for 32mm gauge at that time instead of 45mm. There are so many ways one can model 16mm in the garden, thats one of the major draws to me. Espiclly overgrown moss covered tracks! Mike
Llagas Creek Railways offers six foot long lengths of Code 215 or 250 (I use Code 250) for $3.90/piece. If my math is correct, that's $1.30 per foot just for the rail (without included shipping charge). I rip my own ties from pressure treated 5/8"x 6" x 6ft fence pickets at Home Deport for $1.55 each which yields about 70-75 ties per picket, or 2¢ per tie.