Trainline 45 track

[ge_rik]

Does anyone know if Trainline 45 track is still available? To my knowledge, they are/were the only manufacturer making R2 points which I have found to be very useful - the Goldilocks radius - not too large and not too small.

I can't even find the manufacturer's website, which doesn't bode well

Rik

 

[PhilP]

Www.train-line45.de

 

[ge_rik]

Www.train-line45.de

Thanks Phil. I was searching for Trainline 45 rather than train-line 45. I kept being sent to the trainline ticket sales website. I did eventually track down a site in Switzerland called pro-line which was supposedly trainline 45, but the website wouldn't load at all.

Rik

 

[ge_rik]

After all that, they don't deliver to the UK!!!!

Rik

 

[idlemarvel]

I think modell-land.de sell them, maybe under their own brand.

 

[PhilP]

Bertram Heyn?

 

[ge_rik]

I think modell-land.de sell them, maybe under their own brand.

Their track certainly does look the same, and it's considerably cheaper .... Thanks

Rik

 

[MaybachMD]

Grootspoor stock it too:

Baan en Rails | grootspoor.com

www.grootspoor.com

I have a few of Model–land‘s own brand points which work well, as does the Trainline 45, Piko and LGB. I have a Modell–Land, Piko and LGB connected together and that works.

Regards

Simon

 

[Paradise]

Trainline 45 and ProSwitch are the same thing

 

[Greg Elmassian]

Train-Li here in the USA imports a line of track and switches, and from what I can tell, Paradise has it right, i.e. Trainline 45 makes the ProSwitch.

 

[Gizzy]

Does anyone know if Trainline 45 track is still available? To my knowledge, they are/were the only manufacturer making R2 points which I have found to be very useful - the Goldilocks radius - not too large and not too small.

I can't even find the manufacturer's website, which doesn't bode well

Rik

There doesn't appear to be a UK stockist since Glendale Junction closed....

 

[AustrianNG]

If you buy Trainline points Rik - make sure you tighten the brass contact screws underneath each set of blades.

Regards

Paul

 

[ge_rik]

Thanks Paul

If you buy Trainline points Rik - make sure you tighten the brass contact screws underneath each set of blades.

Regards

Paul

Thanks Paul. Good tip

Rik

 

[AustrianNG]

Having said that - you are all battery power so continuity of current supply isn't relevant !

 

[dunnyrail]

Having said that - you are all battery power so continuity of current supply isn't relevant !

Nah that is not the worry, if they come undone the blade falls off. How do I know this...........

 

[pghewett]

Nah that is not the worry, if they come undone the blade falls off. How do I know this...........

My own experience with at least the earlier TL45 points is that they fall apart - the stretcher is - or was - attached to the toe of the blade by a stud not a screw, which was impossible to repair. After a couple of these failed after a few months I decided to replace the remaining ones wherever they were a "critical asset|". The point mechanisms weren't terribly robust either. That said, one or two survive in sites where there are few point movements and those have caused no further trouble.

 

[curtis]

My own experience with at least the earlier TL45 points is that they fall apart - the stretcher is - or was - attached to the toe of the blade by a stud not a screw, which was impossible to repair. After a couple of these failed after a few months I decided to replace the remaining ones wherever they were a "critical asset|". The point mechanisms weren't terribly robust either. That said, one or two survive in sites where there are few point movements and those have caused no further trouble.

That's a little worrying - I'm planning to order ~15 of them for the new layout. How long ago was this?

 

[dunnyrail]

That's a little worrying - I'm planning to order ~15 of them for the new layout. How long ago was this?

The screws can be kept in place with a little glue in the hole, external grade wood glue will do and will not gum things up so much that you cannot undo the screws if you need to. A tiny blob on the end of a pin into the hole will do the job. They really do not fall apart as such just come undone so do not worry over much..

 

[MaybachMD]

As I have said previously I have Trainline 45, LGB, Piko and Modell Land points and all seem equally robust. The Trainline point was originally electrically operated using the in built digital decoder but I subsequently removed the motor and operate all my points using Bertram Heyn point levers now. In terms of value I think I prefer Piko and have this brand the most now.

Buying 15 points is big investment. It is good to get other people’s experinces. Good luck with whatever decision you make.

Regards

Simon

 

[MaybachMD]

I forgot to mention that I still have a few Peco G45 points too, The only breakage I have had was when the switch rail on a Peco point came adrift from the tie bar. It was a simple soldering job to repair it. Hopefully some of my Peco points are still giving Dunnyrail good service.

Simon