Lionel Ready-to-Play Straight Track Pack, 6-1/4”, 12 pieces, Black

Lionel is Always a Quality item. Little did you know that Lionel sells All their parts, stocks All their parts and at the same price as Amazon. Difference you may ask? Lionel actually HAS the parts, ships them the same day, plus they make no excuses about delays. That’s IMPORTANT, especially at this time of the year. Keep it up Lionel!

We needed extra straight pieces to finish an under-the-ceiling Lionel layout my husband built for our grandson’s room, and this track pack did exactly what we needed. The track works well and snaps together easily. Taking it apart requires a little more effort than putting it together, but nothing unreasonable - it still feels sturdy and secure once assembled.

I bought the North Pole Central RTP train set 2 years ago, and my 3-year-old grandson really enjoys it. I wanted to add more track, and this switch is perfect. It is inexpensive and has the same track as the pieces which came with the train set with the addition of two switches. We made the oval with an inner loop as shown in the picture. My comment regarding derailment is minor and probably obvious - with the new layout, after you change the switch on one side, you need to change the switch on the other to the same setting, otherwise the train will derail. When we update them in tandem - no derailments.

Fit great to replace missing tracks in our polar Express trian set.

I needed more track for my lionel train so I purchased this style of curved track. Snaps together pretty easily. My only complaint is one of the pieces had a defect and wouldn't snap to anything. I heard this type of track is being discontinued, so if you need this type of track you better get it before it's gone.

Perfect match to the track we have. Needed for lost pieces.

Todobien

This 2-switch pack adds flexibility to your layout. You can make a reversing loop, or a siding with re-connection, or a shortcut inside loop, or 2 sidings. The manual switch is intuitive to use and clicks into place with a decent firmness. My 3yo granddaughter has little trouble using this switch, needing just a couple tries to get it all the way into place. As with all switches, your smoothest running is going "with the points": that is, passing over the non-moving end of the switch rails first, then passing over the moving end (the points) of the switch rails second. With any railroad switch the proof is in the points: that is, how well does the train stay on track when riding into the points? In 10 minutes' running, we had no derailments, entering the switch on the straight or on the curve. That is remarkable for such an inexpensive, easy-to-use switch. These switches are not auto-switching: if you enter the switch from the direction it's not set to, the switch will not automatically reposition its points to enable a smooth passage. These switches are also too firmly sprung to enable passive auto-switching: if you enter the switch from the direction it's not set to, the train will not push the points out of the way, and will tend to derail the train. Switches that do well at this are common in more expensive scales (Lionel Fastrack has auto-switching, for example), but those switches and their track systems are also 5x to 20x more expensive than Lionel Ready To Play.