I'm thinking about buying some prewar T Rail from somebody. I have have a piece of T Rail that was given to me to look over, and to help decide if i want to buy some. I just have a few questions about this type of track, since I haven heard of this type of track until now (I'm alilttle new to collecting vintage toy trains and accessories)                                                                                                                                          Anyone have any opinions on this type of track? I personally like the look of it, its more realistic looking, yet it still has an antique look which I like alot!  I also have a few prewar lionel  transformer, and some locomotives that would look great on some period track, like the T rail.  Ive heard good things about the track like it has a smoother ride, and that the track is pretty desireable I just want to hear what alot of you guys have to say about this type track and if its worth buying. I know these are suppose to come with a wrench, and tons of screws..not sure if these have all of of that or not.

My first question is, how do you get power to the track? I thought maybe a conventional power clip would work, but on the sample i have, the bottom and sides of the rails are painted black, which i dont think would make a good electical contact. Is there some sort of special  accessory, or piece for this type of track that connects wires to the track?

Another question is how many pieces of curved track does it take to make a full circle? The sample piece i have is a straight track, so i cant tell what the curved pieces are like.

Id apreciate any help, info, tips or advice on this type of track!

Thanks,

Daniel

Update:

I just now bought the T rail track, the only issue with it is that it needs to be cleaned up, not anything too bad.  It came with the 2 wrenches, and tons of rail plates, nuts and screws. It seems more time consuming to set up than i anticipated,, but I like these kinds of things!

Anyways, I have another question about T rail track, those plates that screw on to the sides of the rails, how many's supposed to go on each rail, 1 or 2? It seems to hold just fine one plate on each rail, will it get good enough contact like that?  If has to be 2 plates on each rail, I need alot more plates then, which  i can get from the gentleman i bought the track from, he says he has more if I happen to be short on some...

Here's a link to a pic of my track, with my 252 to test out the track:

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