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Discussion Boards => HO => Topic started by: Modeltrain701 on August 28, 2013, 01:39:13 PM

Title: Question
Post by: Modeltrain701 on August 28, 2013, 01:39:13 PM
Do Bachmann HO Scale trains work on the track that you can see on www.powertrainstoys.com?
Title: Re: Question
Post by: WoundedBear on August 28, 2013, 01:54:14 PM
No.

Sid
Title: Re: Question
Post by: jward on August 29, 2013, 08:52:15 AM
to elaborate on sid's answer, it appears the powertrain track has plastic rails. ho trains run on electricity transmitted through metal rails, not battery power. this alone would preclude the use of powertrain track.

and we haven't even gotten into questions about track guage (width) or sharpness of curves. it appears that even if the track guage is correct (a mighty big if...) the curves appear to be way too sharp to run HO trains, which generally need at least a 36" diameter curve to run well.