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posted: 11 Jul 2009 06:26

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Roger Henry
 
Brisbane - Australia

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     A friend, on another list, is building his own track in N Scale.  Yes. I am trying to coax him towards Templot.

     He lives in Europe somewhere and is seeking sources for flat-bottom rail, preferably in nickle-silver, and in Codes 40, 45, 55.

     Apparently he has been buying rail from somewhere in the US of A but they will only ship 18 inch lengths.

     I seem to recall Brian Lewis - and, maybe, others - refering to who manufactures such rail and also who retails it in the UK but I seem to be putting the wrong question/s to the search facility.

      I would be grateful for any advice members can supply.

Roger,

Brisbane

posted: 11 Jul 2009 09:39

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Brian Lewis
 
United Kingdom

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'Tis not that US suppliers will only ship in 18" lengths, rather European Postal Authorites will not accept packages exceeding 600mm in length.

C+L sells Code 55 n/s FB and to ship it in full lengths, we have to use a carrier. For Europe, this involves a minimum £ 35 cost - more for some countries, but we can ship up to 10kgs for this amount.

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Brian Lewis

posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:37

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Stephen Freeman
 
Sandbach - United Kingdom

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Really?

Here is the size limitation on parcels from France to International Destinations from La Poste's website:
Maxi : L + l + h < 150 cm ; L < 100 cm

(little l stands for for longeur I think, which we understand as width).

For UK Royal Mail (Not ParcelForce) the limit is indeed 60cm but 90cm if sent in a tube

Rail is really quite flexible so it should go in packaging just under 1 metre in length, assuming the sender has such packaging and I doubt they would get the tape measure out for a very slightly overlong parcel.

From this I deduce it is limits set by the sending postal authority rather than anything else that determine the maximum permitted length.

posted: 11 Jul 2009 12:55

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Jim Guthrie
 
United Kingdom

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Roger Henry wrote: 
He lives in Europe somewhere and is seeking sources for flat-bottom rail, preferably in nickle-silver, and in Codes 40, 45, 55.

     Apparently he has been buying rail from somewhere in the US of A but they will only ship 18 inch lengths.
Roger,

If he is willing to join the 2mm Association in the UK,  he can get Code 40 from their stores as a member.    The rail is supplied in ten metre coils.  The details of the rail are at the top of this p[age

2mm Shop 1

Jim.

posted: 11 Jul 2009 23:25

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John Lewis
 
Croydon - United Kingdom

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Borg-rail wrote:

Rail is really quite flexible so it should go in packaging just under 1 metre in length, assuming the sender has such packaging and I doubt they would get the tape measure out for a very slightly overlong parcel.



I doubt if it is worth the risk, if my experience is anything to go by. We were sent a small envelope with a present, and received a card through the door telling us that it did not have sufficient postage. I retrieved it from the sorting office and paid £1 plus the "excess" postage. Having got the package I found it was appreciably smaller than 240 mm x 160 mm and it would go through the 5mm slot in their gauge without difficulty.

I asked why I had ben charged the excess. I was told it was too large - but I demonstrated that it was not I was then told it was too heavy - but their scales showed that it was 80 gms - well under the max weight limit of 100 gms. I was then referred to the Main Post Office where after considerable discussion with the clerk I was given a telephone number if I wanted to take the matter further.

It was a premium rate number.

Sorry to go on OT.



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