Walthers Track

[brubakes]

How does Walthers track compare against Atlas and other brands in regards to quality and price? How would you rate their turnouts?

[MrTrain]

I like the Atlas track , but that is just me

[brubakes]

Walthers says its track is "made exclusively by Shinohara for Walthers". I am not familiar with Shinohara?

[mike8693]

Its great track and great turnouts. Pricy imo but great track. It is made in small batches so the turnouts can be tough to find.

[brubakes]

Originally Posted by mike8693

Its great track and great turnouts. Pricy imo but great track. It is made in small batches so the turnouts can be tough to find.

Would you say its better then Atlas? Especially in relation to turnouts?

[UP2CSX]

Shinohara turnouts and Peco turnouts are probably the best appearign and best operating turnouts you can buy. The also cost a lot of money if you need a bunch of them. If I needed 10 or less, I'd go with the Walthers/Shinohara. More and I'd go with Atlas because the cost would kill me. I don't Shinohara track is worth the cost difference compared to Atlas or Model Engineering code 83 track.

[ramcneal]

Originally Posted by UP2CSX

Shinohara turnouts and Peco turnouts are probably the best appearign and best operating turnouts you can buy. The also cost a lot of money if you need a bunch of them. If I needed 10 or less, I'd go with the Walthers/Shinohara. More and I'd go with Atlas because the cost would kill me. I don't Shinohara track is worth the cost difference compared to Atlas or Model Engineering code 83 track.

Could you give us an idea of the cost you're talking about? Maybe I'm just cheap (I am part Scottish after all) or the price of everything is finally hitting me. Today I went in to pick up a few switches for my layout and paid $10 per Atlas code 55 switch. I only picked up six because I haven't finalized the industry sidings. Is $10 about what others are paying for switches?

I need to hide my credit card when I visit Caboose Hobbies in Denver, CO. Today it was only $200. Two days before Christmas I went in and picked a NCE PowerCab Pro, 25 pieces of Micro Engineering flex trek, plus a few other odds and ends. Yikes!

[UP2CSX]

Are you in N scale or HO? I don't think Atlas makes a code 55 HO switch so I assume it's N scale. $10 is a good price for an Atlas N scale manual code 55 switch. OTOH, Walthers/ Shinohara track only comes in HO so I'm a little confused about apples to oranges comparisions.

[ramcneal]

Originally Posted by UP2CSX

Are you in N scale or HO? I don't think Atlas makes a code 55 HO switch so I assume it's N scale. $10 is a good price for an Atlas N scale manual code 55 switch. OTOH, Walthers/ Shinohara track only comes in HO so I'm a little confused about apples to oranges comparisions.

Correct, I'm running N scale. You're also correct that with the different scale comparing prices would be pointless. Thanks none the less for indicating that $10 per switch is reasonable. The fine folks at Caboose Hobby have been very helpful whenever I've gone into their store to shop so I'm willing to even pay a little more than I might if I purchased items over the internet.

[brubakes]

In my specific case I am running HO so my orginal question would be related to that scale. It sounds like Walthers track could be quality stuff worth getting. Mainly the turnouts. Anyone care to comment too?