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 Post subject: Source for crossties?
PostPosted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:40 pm 
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Can anyone suggest a source for N-scale ties? I'm tired of suppliers telling me that "nobody handlays N-scale track", and so ties just aren't available.

I'm not really thrilled about the idea of buying stripwood and chopping it to length, but I'm getting desperate...

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 Post subject: N scale ties
PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2006 7:05 am 
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http://www.handlaidtrack.com/sub_catego ... r=213::214

http://www.kapplerusa.com/y2k/p-n-ties.htm


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 Post subject: N-scale ties
PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2006 1:03 pm 
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Thanks.

Your first link is right here to Fast Tracks, who only supply turnout ties in N-scale, not ordinary length ties.

The second link looks promising, but I'm located in Canada (I should have mentioned that in the original post) and my experience with ordering direct from the US for small value purchases is that the shipping and customs brokerage fees can often exceed the value of the merchandise.

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 Post subject: N scale ties
PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2006 4:24 pm 
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Here is a Canadian supplier. There aren't listed as products but the text on the page says they do N scale ties.

http://www.mtalbert.com/canadian_catalog/products.htm


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Thanks again.

Already tried Mt. Albert - they don't sell direct but they put me in touch with their Canadian distributor, who told me that they don't normally have them in stock. Apparently Mt. Albert does a big run every once in a while, and they sell out quick.


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PostPosted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:30 pm 
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greetings chris,
seems n scale ties are pretty much a wanted commodity...
only one i can suggest is kappler (previously posted, but here it is again)...
http://www.kapplerusa.com/y2k/p-n-ties.htm

or you can take the hard route...just get scale lumber and cut your own ;)


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