Introduction to PNP Railways Track Work Products

PNP Railways are able to supply a range of plastic injection moulded sleepers, rail fittings and track components for the following gauges.

• 3½" Gauge 
• 5" True Scale, 5", 5" & 3½" Standard Scale
• 7¼", 7¼" & 5" Standard Scale
• 7¼", 7¼" & 5" Narrow Gauge          

The range has been designed to replicate the look of its full size counterparts.  Once laid, the track will take on a very realistic appearance; this is due to the wood grain finish of the sleepers and the two tone colouring of the rail fittings which gives an overall authentic rusty/weathered look.   

Assembly of the track panels is extremely easy as all of the hard work has been done for you.  All sleepers are supplied with moulded in pilot holes, and have a hollow ribbed underside that will allow the ballast to enter, thus creating a very stable base to run on.  The range of rail fittings all have the facility for gauge widening to be easily achieved. 

Rail fittings for standard scale include, a generic ‘Screw Fit’ Chair, PNP own design ‘Clip Fit’ Chair and the Bar Rail Chair.  For narrow gauge a range of sole plates, rail clips and bar rail chairs.  All rail fittings apart from the ‘Clip Fit’ Chair can be used on wooden sleepers if required.  Rail fittings are available for 5/8” x 5/8” (16mm), 2lb yard (21mm) rail. 10mm x 20mm and 12mm x 30mm black steel bar and most heavy gauge rail such as 6lb and 9lb yard.

Being plastic injection moulded the sleepers and rail fittings will give many years of trouble free service as they are manufactured from high grade engineering polymers that are extremely durable, rot, frost and UV resistant. 

For those looking for a low maintenance, permanent, portable or display track, then the PNP Railways Track Work range is definitely one to consider.

How do you decide which system to use?

You may be just starting out, or you may have an existing railway or belong to a club that is looking to extend/replace track. In order to help you decide the best system that suits your needs, please take a look at the sleepers and rail fittings page.

Articles of Interest - Over the past few years there have been some interesting articles written, about track construction using PNP Railways track components; these may be of interest for those planning a garden railway.

We have also received some very positive feedback from our customers, below are just a few examples.

	"Your track makes construction incredibly easy, and having looked at the cost of hardwood sleeper material, it's cost effective too. Some of the track has been down for three years now and has taken on a very realistic appearance, so I'll be back for more when I've used up the remainder of my last order!”
	“Your track products are excellent and I would recommend them to anyone”
	“From receiving the 5" gauge sample pack we knew that we had to order some track kits after some thought we decided to order the kit with the screw in rail chairs but with the correct socket bit and a cordless drill this was assembled pretty fast, the kit comes with all the correct parts needed and nothing missing” “The quality of this product is the best I have seen and made the start of our portable track possible, all the hard work has been done so you can just build it up and install the 2.5 metre panels together with the fishplates provided. This has given so much fun to the whole family”.
	“The club was really delighted with the product and the following year the bridge was widened for two running tracks. One track on the bridge being 3.5" & 5" gauge and the other track being 5"& 7¼" gauges. The two PNP tracks on the bridge look superb when approaching from the locomotive driver’s viewpoint and since there is no stone ballast all of the sleepers stand out well. This is a vast improvement to the old wooden sleepers”. The Edinburgh Society of Model Engineers Ltd