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fbaube		#1 Posted : 04 November 2023 16:49:34(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2020(UTC) Posts: 21 Location: Uusimaa, Helsinki		I couldn't find the meaning of the "C" in "C track", and I was going to ask the forum, but my wife (who teaches German) found it: https://de.wikipedia.org...eistypologie_der_Spur_H0 M is Metall K is Kunststoff ("plastic") C is Click "Click" starts with a "K" in German, so the "C" seems to be a marketing thing. cheers from Hellsinki

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H0		#2 Posted : 04 November 2023 16:58:30(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,267 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: fbaube "Click" starts with a "K" in German, so the "C" seems to be a marketing thing. Officially Klick starts with a K in German, but German develops more and more into Denglish. At that time, the term K Track was already in use, so they needed a different letter.
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mike c		#3 Posted : 12 November 2023 19:26:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 7,899 Location: Montreal, QC		I thought that it was named "C" track because the original pieces would become brittle and "Crack" Regards Mike C

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