Flexible Track Track Components by Atlas
Manufacturer:
Atlas
Product Type:
flexible track
Introduced:
1954
Gauge:
S
Rail Height:
code 125
Length:
36"
Notes:
According to Dick Karnes, who bought a lot of these when he was a teenager, alternating ties between the staples, which held the rail to the tie strip, had spike holes next to the rail bases, making for easy installation. This was Atlas' one and only venture into S-scale.
(image copyright © Mark Mugnai; used by permission)
Mark Mugnai provided this scan of the 1954 issue of the Nixon catalog, wherein the track was advertised. Dick Karnes states that the turnouts that are mentioned in the ad never actually materialized.