Originally posted by AmatsuNL
How can Topper Track be used alongside traditional wood track on the same coaster, and be compatible with PTC trains, if it were anything but wood? (Tremors comes to mind.)
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Because it has the same dimensions, obviously. If you were to make a track out of play-doh, it would work as long as it had the same dimensions where the wheels run over the track (and is strong enough).
As for the wood/not wood-debat, my opinion is that it's a hybrid track (not to be confused with hybrid supported coasters). There is just too much steel in this track to make it a full woodie.
Regular woodies have about 8 layers of wood, with a small steel strip where the wheels run over.
RMC topper track has only got the bottom part of the track made out of wood, the entire top is a rectangular steel tube filled with concrete. So while it is partially made out of wood, the amount of steel (and concrete) is just too much to call this a pure wooden track.
So, in my eyes, it's a hybrid tracked (wooden) coaster.