I'll chime in here with an educated geuss....The tie strips are injection molded where as the rail is extruded. The extrusion die is much cheaper versus the die for the tie strips. A die that is 5 foot or longer would be a huge die set and require a MUCH larger macine and present other problems with the plastic injecting completely and cooling at different rates as it was injected.
So a smaller Tie strip is demanded by the cost of the tooling. The extrusion die I'm geussing is relatively inexpensive compared to the injection die. Although the Extruding machine may be more expensive than the Injection molding machine they are likely pretty similar in cost depending on size.

Chas

I don't see anything wrong with the 1ft ties, most people secure them in 1ft distance anyway
except me about all of mine are floating.

Jim,
The pueblos in the cave remind me of those found in Mesa Verde!! Anxious to hear how the plastic track hold up.
Dave

I was surprised to see the Train-Li booth at the ECLSTS. Having just ordered repair parts for one of the LGB 2-4-0 American engines, I had to stop in and thank Axel. Unfortunately he was busy with another customer, and in my rush to see the rest of the booths I didn't get to return to TL to talk to him. However, I DID see the plastic rail at the booth, and was VERY interested by it. Like others, I was manly thinking of building a continuous welded-rail train. Though, while a 45' train would wonderful, I am a bit more realistic and thought of an 8-10 flatcar train.

SVRR code 250 is 6mm base. It will fit in their ties, or the code 250 AML ties.

Axel,

Assuming pricing much like the code 332, a suitable first order for me would be 150 foot rail & tie strips.

I have another idea, that I really think you should investigate. I think it is entirely likely, that your plastic rail, could be conductively coated with for example nickel. Since you offer nickel plated brass, you already know that such a plating doesn't chip when you bend rail. I expect that would hold true also for nickel plated plastic rail, within reason. I think such plated plastic rail for the track power market, would still be cheaper than aluminium rail, and certainly only a fraction of the cost of brass or ss. Also, it would be conductivly superior to aluminium, brass or nickel silver.

Finally, it might even be possible, though I really don't know, to nickel plate only the running surface of the plastic rail, adding yet another argument to go plastic.. If this is possible, the track would also have a superior realistic look, combined with huge price savings over the alternatives. If that wouldn't rock the market for track, I don't know what would! Actually, I would like this just for the looks, since I don't plan on ever operating track power. (Only plating the running surface requires figuring out a new way of electrically joining rail sections, if track power also is an objective.)

That sayed, I will buy a smaller code plastic rail in any case, with or without nickel plating.

Regards,

Anders Grassman

P.S. Maybee offering something along the lines of Llagas "Rail blender" castings = code transitional adapters, would be nice.

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These plastic rails would make a neat unit train loaded with long sections of rails (assuming they bend easily)

Dave

I think it's been done, I believe there is a thread here somewhere showing it.

Greg

Posted By SE18 on 08 Nov 2010 05:43 AM
These plastic rails would make a neat unit train loaded with long sections of rails (assuming they bend easily)

Dave

For that purpose we sell the in 18' length order code MGR-5001L (10 pcs in a pizzabox). $ 105.  We need to roll it up, otherwsie we can't ship it at all.

Posted By Axel Tillmann on 09 Nov 2010 07:26 AM

Posted By SE18 on 08 Nov 2010 05:43 AM
These plastic rails would make a neat unit train loaded with long sections of rails (assuming they bend easily)

Dave

For that purpose we sell the in 18' length order code MGR-5001L (10 pcs in a pizzabox). $ 105.  We need to roll it up, otherwsie we can't ship it at all.

I think it's rolled sideways, like how track is on a curve, not up or down like a roller coaster.

I had to think about what you asked Semp, sort of confusing.

Of course I could be wrong..

Greg

So to be more clear (hopefully)

Lay down the rail with the rail foot on the ground, roll up now the rail - that's how it is shipped. Rolling it otherwise doesn't work because of the rail web.