Hi Michael and all --
I started using the Grandt On3 tieplates at least 25 years ago, and they are
a bit oversized for S, but they don’t exceed the standard gauge tie width
unless they are not perfectly square with the tie. That does make them a
bit tricky at times. When I run out of them, I will revert to my stock of
Evergreen styrene strip (.010 x 1/8”) which is “close enough”. Once all
the ties plates of any maker are painted, they are almost indistinguishable
from each other or the plain styrene strip. I believe that Dick Karnes and
some others just carry the rail paint onto the ties either side of the rail
base just a bit, and that is “good enough” and again hard to tell from a
real tie plate installation, unless you are up close and looking straight
down on it.
Happy New Year!
Bill Winans
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I think these are wider than S Scale ties (they are an O Scale part). I
looked at them at the Train Shop, and didn't think I could use them.
-Michael Eldridge
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> > Grandt Line makes plastic tie plates for S scale. Click here:
> Ed Loizeaux
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