i got a bunch of the silver nickel ez track for christmas and im starting to learn more about model railroading as a 14 year old. this video helps alot. great work!

What a cool channel. Me and my son just got his train out and considering a train table. I will definitely subscribe for more tips. Love the intro! Made me excited about trains.

In the 2000s I did find different pieces of black Bachmann, including cross track. Maybe it’s the place you’re at.

What ever is best for you your choice I used both

[THANK, YOU FOR YOURE VIDEO]👍

Just discovered you channel. Very helpful overview of track types, as I plan my 4 x 16 foot HO scale layout. I like the comment where the guy says grey e-z track looks like you've used grey ballast. I'm just not sure it's realistic looking enough for what I'm gonna build (a layout for my Route 66 museum that will celebrate small town America. I think I'd like to go the cork roadbed with ballast design... I think I heard that also makes for a quieter sounding layout. (Is that true?) I want my train to sound realistic, since the steam locomotive itself has a lot of sound features built in. Looking forward to checking out more of your videos soon. Also appreciate your sense of humor... and your very cool retro-record player in the background!

Bro, that cup-a Joe! 😆. That's bigger than my head... I LIKE IT! LOL. I'm just starting to build a layout, haven't done trains in 30 years! I appreciate the help!

I Would go Grey Cause it Would look good no Ballasting needed All Ya Gotta Do is Paint the Rails And Ties only to Make it Look Good 👍👍

[IM., STARTING ON MY 3RD. HO- SCALE MODEL RAIL ROAD. 2- BED ROOMS DOWN NOW THE LAST ONE TO DO.]🙏

I bought a shed load of straight black ez track on ebay just a minute before I watched this video. I want to build a test track consisting of a basic oval. I bought a load of grey curves at a thrift store already. I didn't know the black track was steel, but no matter I'm going to paint it all anyway and just scrape off the rail surface.

My opinion is that Kato is the best starter track because it lasts longer and it has isolated turnouts for more operating opinions

Nice black ❤

Brass or nickel silver track. Manufacturers should never use steel because it rusts.

The black track is great I’ve used it a lot and it’s only like 3 bucks a peace compared to the silver track it’s almost double at 5 bucks a peace yea 2 dollars ain’t much more but it all adds up. You just have to know how to look after the steel track I’ve had no issues with trains running on them only the dirt you’ll have to clean the track regularly and that can get a little annoying and sometimes the turnouts can be annoying with delaying. But the black steel track is perfectly fine and cheap

The Piko Roadbed track, and atlas true track are good too.

Long time ago say around 1995 had a nice H O layout using the Bachmann EZ track. Now It's Christmas time and Lionel Trains.

I managed to remove the steel rails from the ez track ties/ballast , polish the rails and then use a table top electroplating setup to plate the rails. Then reinstalled the rails to the roadbed. I later on replaced the coated steel rails with brass rails that i electroplated w/nickel from an old set of atlas snap track,lol. It wasn't easy, but it is doable.

I have some questions… Just got a Bachmann train set for Christmas and I want to start my very first layout on a sheet of plywood. Will the power supply that came with my set be enough for that? If not, how do you go about putting more power in? I know that it probably has to do with how much track is used but I don’t want to buy all this track and then the train stops halfway through the layout. 😂

Seems so counter-productive to me that the starter sets all come with bad track. Bad running and fiddling around with cleaning track would put me off as a newbie. Just my 2 cents =)

this guy is legit funny

They have a 3rd kind of eztrack it’s the concerte tie ez track

Wdym he’s “Little Joe”? He’s not a Milwaukee Road E.P.3! lol (/j if not obvious)

Good video I remember starting out with the different kinds of track and stuck with different manufacturers and I stuck with a few I I like the similarity and differences. Is there a way I can get in contact with you or somehow how we can communicate. Please let me know

[YOU, CAN REMOVE THE TRACK FROM OUT OF THE PLASTIC ROAD BED.]

The black is cheap metal, rust corrodes. Grey much better nickel.

This hobby is getting worse the more I look. What I wanted was the McKinley Explorer set plus the flat figure 8. The plan leave off one end of McKinley and half circle of 8 and join. Seems can't do .

good analysis. 👍