01-27-2010, 09:34 PM
If I remember right CV no longer sells the Code 81 rail. They used to have it listed on their web site a year or so ago but it no longer shows up. Some where I have the address of the guy who had the rail made and he still sells it. It is very nice rail with a very fine web between the base and the rail head which makes it look more like code 70 rail. Seeing as it is .081" tall it mates well with code 83 as it only takes a few light passes of a file to even out the joint. I bought three 99' bundles of the code 81 rail when the ME code 83 was a little hard to find. I was going to use it for a switching layout but right now I am thinking of using for my roundhouse, engine service part of my new layout.
One thing I found interesting about the code 81 rail is it will work in a Fast Tracks turnout jig for ME code 83 rail ( may work in the code 70 jig as well ) with no problems. I made one turnout with it and it turned out great and was in gauge as it should be.
Wayne Reid
One thing I found interesting about the code 81 rail is it will work in a Fast Tracks turnout jig for ME code 83 rail ( may work in the code 70 jig as well ) with no problems. I made one turnout with it and it turned out great and was in gauge as it should be.
Wayne Reid