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Originally Posted by philthespark
Years ago they used something called "empire paper"
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I've never heard of Empire Paper. Google gets overwhelmed by the empire paper company of Washington when I search for it. Fish paper looks like it might be a good replacement. Attached is a picture of some of the originals.
Three-rail track looks weird when compared with a real railway but it makes the electrical connections a lot easier. Hornby used it both with O and OO and Märklin did something similar but with metal studs instead of the third rail.
Lionel track, I'll check that out.