Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but a search didn't bring up any relevant topics.

I ordered 3 boxes of the bulk (25 pieces) N-scale 30" straight from my local store - sight unseen as no one in the areas seems to stock it. They called today. it's in and I just came back from picking it up. All excited I brought it into my train room and opened up a box and...

What a letdown!

I had assumed that a 30" straight section was going to be a single piece of 30" straight track, but it's not; each 30" piece is made up of three (3) 10" pieces... my intent was to reduce the number of rail joiners in my layout to improve reliability.

It seems to me that information should be listed somewhere, because someone, like myself, who was intent on using 30" sections don't end up with 225 10" pieces.

If I had wanted 10" pieces I wouldn't have needed to special order it and wait 2-weeks!