Guide rail size

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Guide rail size

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Is 1/8" to short for a center guide? Rehabing a track, current rail is 1/8"
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reddriver wrote:Is 1/8" to short for a center guide? Rehabing a track, current rail is 1/8"
IMO that is too low. I saw a track with a low center rail and it really seemed to have a much higher rate of cars jumping out of their lanes.
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