News & Reviews News Mainline tie plate strips from Berkshire Design

Mainline tie plate strips from Berkshire Design

By Bryson Sleppy | September 1, 2022

Injection-molded plastic HO scale product available now

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Mainline tie plate strips

Scale: HO (1:87.1)

Price: $24.99

Manufacturer: Berkshire Design LLC, 2791 Jude Island Way, Naples, FL 34119; berkshiredesign.net

Recangular brown sprue holding tie plates
Mainline tie plate strips

Mainline tie plate strip features:

  • Works with any National Model Railroad Association standard code 70 rail; also compatible with Micro Engineering code 83 rail and standard code 55 rail (latter requires extra care to keep rail in gauge)
  • Sprue doubles as jig for building tie strips
  • Sprue designed to work with HO scale 8’-6” ties; HO scale 8- and 9-foot ties can also be used but requires ties to be visually centered and/or part of sprue to be removed
  • One pack has enough plates for 18’-1-1/2” of track

Release date: Available now

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