[tacfoley]

Prolly because Maxitrak, founded in the summer of 1978, has over thirty years of experience in ride-on railways, and Accucraft does not.

http://www.maxitrak.co.uk/

tac
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[tacfoley]

Posted By Slipped Eccentric on 11/02/2008 8:47 PM
I figured it would be something along those lines. Didn't know that Maxitrack was actually a dealer for them. I had thought that Maxitrack was the manufacturer with an Accucraft badge. Either way, can't go wrong teaming up with that much experience.


Sir - Maxitrak is not a dealer for Accucraft - they are manufacturers in their own right. Please look at their website.

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[tacfoley]

Sir - if that is the information that you have received from Maxitrak, then I apologise for getting it wrong. Over here in UK we run 5" and 7.25" gauge dual-gauge at a local club, and the non-Maxitrak-built version of 'Alice' looks just fine to us on 5" gauge track. Remember that Hunslet built this type of loco for a variety of track gauges, from 18 inches to 2 foot 6 inches, although most of the examples examples still in existence here in UK are 2 foot gauge or thereabouts.

Go buy it and enjoy in good health - it's certainly the cheapest model of its kind that I've ever seen! If I had the smaller gauge stuff Id have one like a shot, but sadly my 7.25" gauge Ffestiniog diesel 'Harlech Castle' loco is built to 2.5inches to the foot, and my own society track is to this gauge.

tac
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