Comments on: Brass Track https://blog.model-train-help.com/2011/03/brass-track.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brass-track Model railroads and model trains Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anonymous https://blog.model-train-help.com/2011/03/brass-track.html#comment-1007 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:44:19 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2011/03/brass-track.html#comment-1007 Pat said…

Go to the internet, there is all kinds of new and used BRASS track there.

]]> By: Geof https://blog.model-train-help.com/2011/03/brass-track.html#comment-1002 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:16:30 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2011/03/brass-track.html#comment-1002 John,

Unless you hit a yard sale or an estate auction, I doubt you will find brass track anymore anywhere. Your brass track is still okay to use although it tends to tarnish a lot easier than nickel silver rail does. As a result, you’ll have to clean the rail more frequently to get good conductivity between the track and your locomotives.

If you should decide to mix the rail types, you MIGHT run into corrosion issues by mixing the two rail types together when they come in contact with one another.

Another downside (although not as serious) of mixing the rail types is that the nickel silver looks more realistic than the brass.

Hope this helps,

Geof from the US

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