Nickel Silver/ Black steel track

[DJ Quimby]

My kids received Bachman kits with Steel Alloy E-Z Track. Can I incorporate Nickel Silver E-Z Track and turnouts or do we have to stick with black steel?

Thanx in advance. 

[Michigan Railfan]

You can mix the two kinds of track, and everything will be fine. Although the colors will look kind of wierd next to each other.

[ryeguyisme]

you should prefer the grey roadbed Nickel Silver track however because it stay clean longer and doesn't dirty as fast

[Joe Satnik]

and there is a much broader selection of track pieces in gray-N/S.

[full maxx]

yeah its a little more expensive but better quality...stay with the nickel silver if at all possible

[Jhanecker2]

after you ballast the tracks you'll never notice the difference.    John II

[ebtnut]

Although probably not a problem in the short term, it is very hard to solder steel rail if you want to put in extra wire drops.  I would go as much as possible with the nickel silver and just paint the sides of the rail a flat, dark brown. 

[full maxx]

as far as wire drops , I have used the atlas joiners with the wire attached and found it is almost impossible to remove the rail joiners from the ez track w/o messing them up then it is hard to get the atlas ones on the track

[OldTimer]

The railjoiners are hard to get off and put on because they need to be TIGHT.  They are responsible, after all, for electrical continuity.  You can use a small screw driver to help loosen a rail joiner and a pair of needle nose pliers to put on the new one. 
Old Timer

[lescar]

I've also been replacing the rail joints with the Atlas wired and have found out that if you take a small pair of needle nose pliers and put one side on the end of the rail and the other on the end of the joint and gently squeeze the joint will slide off with out damage to the track or the joint.  Be careful not to twist the pliers to much or it may break the track loose from the roadbed, which happened on my first attempt. 

Les