I also have a section of the silver and dark brown track. If I were starting from scratch I'd seriously consider that color combination, it looks really sharp. But I have way too much gray lego track to want to mix in another color scheme and there are no matching switches. Still, the possibilities of two tone track is certainly a bonus option.

If you were so inclined, you could use the brown only on sidings, stubs or abandoned rails to represent track that is infrequently used.

Oh yes, that is where the track would shine, but if I were building a detailed display I would probably do away with the 2x8's altogether, use a 8 wide plate as ballast and 1x tiles for ties (another great feature of the ME tracks). I don't do much scenery though, I don't even have time to build all of the trains I'd like to (grin). So I just use plain track on the ground.

What are the silver rails you're talking about? The metal ones?

(Also OT, but I don't recall if I told you that I shared images of your model #261 with the real loco's owning group, Friends of the 261, on Facebook. They loved it.)

Edited May 22, 20168 yr by LoneBrickerSG

What are the silver rails you're talking about? The metal ones?

(Also OT, but I don't recall if I told you that I shared images of your model #261 with the real loco's owning group, Friends of the 261, on Facebook. They loved it.)

Here's an old thread showing the silver and dark brown (all plastic) ME rails.

Heh heh, excellent wrt the 261. While I was hardly an important contributor I helped with some of the grunt work during the original restoration after she came out of Green Bay.