I'm new to N and am confused by the Bachmann EZ-track radii sizes quoted online. I need to buy more and see 11.25", 15" and 19" quoted, but don't understand what that means. I have two different sizes in hand right now (used, so no packaging to tell me the radii size). One yields a radius of just under 2 feet and the other just under 3 feet when I hook them together.
Can someone please set me straight on this curve radii sizing thing so I know what to buy? Also, is there a good website which sells EZ-track in quantity at a decent discount?
Thanks a bunch to you experienced hands for your help on this!!
I think you might be confusing radius with diameter. If you have 19" radii track, that yields a 38" diameter loop. radius x 2 = diameter. 15" radius would yield a 30" diameter (or just under three feet as you say). 11.25" radii put together would yield a 22.5" loop. Diameter is measured from the center of the track--midpoint between the rails.
You hit it right on the head Bob. Can't believe I'd forgotten the difference between radius and diameter. Thanks a bunch!! M
Turn a section of EZ track upside down.
The degree of curvature as well as the radius will be embossed there along with other information (Part and patent #’s, etc.).
AFAIK... In N scale, B’mann only produces two different curve sections, the 11.25r and the 19r.
If you have the real estate, go with the 19r. wherever possible/practical.