Hi, I have an animated holiday train sold by JC Penney and made by a company called New Bright. It's a great holiday decoration, I've fixed wires, but mostly it's held up fine over the years. My question is about possibly buying new track. There's no gauge listed anywhere, and while I also own HO products, my knowledge of toy trains isn't sufficient to know. It's listed as the New Bright no. 380/980 "HOLIDAY EXPRESS" layout.
The rails appear to be 1 and 15/16" apart from center of rail to center of rail. They be 2" wide if you measured from outside edge to outside edge. The transformer connection to the rails is accomplished by a bar that fits under the track and contacts on either side raise up to touch the rails. Transformer runs sounds and lights. A window installer stepped on one of the corner pieces and broke the plastic that lines up the rails. It will probably work, and if not, I can make that particular connection solid. However, I'd like to know if it's possible that the track is a standard gauge and can therefore be purchased. Any help or advice is appreciated
The rails appear to be 1 and 15/16" apart from center of rail to center of rail. They be 2" wide if you measured from outside edge to outside edge. The transformer connection to the rails is accomplished by a bar that fits under the track and contacts on either side raise up to touch the rails. Transformer runs sounds and lights. A window installer stepped on one of the corner pieces and broke the plastic that lines up the rails. It will probably work, and if not, I can make that particular connection solid. However, I'd like to know if it's possible that the track is a standard gauge and can therefore be purchased. Any help or advice is appreciated