Re: clearance

[Phil Paskos]

The PLS (Pennsylvania Live Steamers) track was built in 1996. It's hard to
believe that this was before Accucraft, but it was. Some of the new
Accucraft Locos will not fit through our tunnel which only has 8 1/2"
clearance over the railhead and is not wide enough to accommodate some of
the Accucraft narrow gauge locos. There has been some talk about redoing the
tunnel.

Phil

> Walt:  Here in Las Vegas I was concerned with that same problem as I
rebuilt my
> line.  We measured the Bachman electric Shay at the foot boards and found
them
> to be 6 inches wide.  I measured the new Accucraft live steam K-27 during
the
> National Summer Steamup and found the front end to be 6 inches wide and
the
> widest part was over the cab window shades at 6 1/2 inches.
>
> And during my Fall Western steamup in October Larry Bangham's coal fired
K-27
> measured 6 1/2 inches across the front.
>
> I built my tracks with an 8 inch center to center spacing.  As for height
all
> portals, bridges support structures etc. are set at 12 inches above the
> railhead.
>
> Clark
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > In anticipation of future traffic gains on the SWAMP RR, Mr.
Lunkenheimer,
> > CFO, wishes to expand trackage and install a passing siding and a
switching
> > yard. Is there a standard for the width of 1:20.3 locomotives? The
switching
> > yard will probably only have a 1" clearance (actual, not scale) between
car
> > sides.
> > Are there any standards for car widths in 20.3?
> > Keep your steam up!
> > Walt, Mr. Lunkenheimer's associate
> >
> > PS If anyone out there will admit to having a Bachmann Sparkie Mogul,
what is
> > the overall width of the loco?
>
 

Re: clearance

[Jeffrey Williams]

The Accucraft K-27 is 6 inches wide.  There may be some 7/8 inch to the
foot locos that are wider.

===

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> In anticipation of future traffic gains on the SWAMP RR, Mr. Lunkenheimer,
> CFO, wishes to expand trackage and install a passing siding and a switching
> yard. Is there a standard for the width of 1:20.3 locomotives? The switching
> yard will probably only have a 1" clearance (actual, not scale) between car
> sides.
> Are there any standards for car widths in 20.3?
> Keep your steam up!
> Walt, Mr. Lunkenheimer's associate
> 
> PS If anyone out there will admit to having a Bachmann Sparkie Mogul, what is
> the overall width of the loco? 

Re: clearance

[WaltSwartz]

Thanks, I put it on the "favorite place" list this time.
Keep your steam up!
Walt & Lunk 

RE: clearance

[Chuck Walters]

Twin Lakes Railway uses 7" center to center both on the straights and on the
curves and we have had two Accucraft C-16's passing each other with no
problems.

My Best,

Chuck

Charles W. Walters
Twin Lakes Railway CEO
http://home.twcny.rr.com/twinlakesrw

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Subject: clearance


In anticipation of future traffic gains on the SWAMP RR, Mr. Lunkenheimer,
CFO, wishes to expand trackage and install a passing siding and a switching
yard. Is there a standard for the width of 1:20.3 locomotives? The switching
yard will probably only have a 1" clearance (actual, not scale) between car
sides.
Are there any standards for car widths in 20.3?
Keep your steam up!
Walt, Mr. Lunkenheimer's associate

PS If anyone out there will admit to having a Bachmann Sparkie Mogul, what
is
the overall width of the loco?

 

Re: clearance

[VR Bass]

> Is there a standard for the width of 1:20.3 locomotives? 

Hey, Walt,

I took the D&RGW clearnace standards from 1955 and scaled them down to 1:20.3.  
There's a copy of this drawing at 
.  This doesn't 
tell you how big the models are, but it does tell you how much clearance an 
accurately scaled model of a large D&RGW loco would require.  I hope that 
helps.

regards,
  -vance-

Vance Bass
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Small-scale live steam resources: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass
 

A source for small metric pipe fittings

[CRS]

Does anyone know of a source for small metric pipe fittings in the US? 

Re: clearance

[Cgnr]

Walt,
I think I might have posted this link before a while back.  This is a page a 
guy Rick Blanchard put together a few years back on useful railroad 
dimensions, seems to cover track centers.
http://www.urbaneagle.com/data/RRstddims.html
Bob 

Re: clearance

[Clark Lord]

Walt:  Here in Las Vegas I was concerned with that same problem as I rebuilt my
line.  We measured the Bachman electric Shay at the foot boards and found them
to be 6 inches wide.  I measured the new Accucraft live steam K-27 during the
National Summer Steamup and found the front end to be 6 inches wide and the
widest part was over the cab window shades at 6 1/2 inches.  

And during my Fall Western steamup in October Larry Bangham's coal fired K-27
measured 6 1/2 inches across the front.

I built my tracks with an 8 inch center to center spacing.  As for height all
portals, bridges support structures etc. are set at 12 inches above the
railhead.  

Clark

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> In anticipation of future traffic gains on the SWAMP RR, Mr. Lunkenheimer,
> CFO, wishes to expand trackage and install a passing siding and a switching
> yard. Is there a standard for the width of 1:20.3 locomotives? The switching
> yard will probably only have a 1" clearance (actual, not scale) between car
> sides.
> Are there any standards for car widths in 20.3?
> Keep your steam up!
> Walt, Mr. Lunkenheimer's associate
> 
> PS If anyone out there will admit to having a Bachmann Sparkie Mogul, what is
> the overall width of the loco?
 

clearance

[WaltSwartz]

In anticipation of future traffic gains on the SWAMP RR, Mr. Lunkenheimer, 
CFO, wishes to expand trackage and install a passing siding and a switching 
yard. Is there a standard for the width of 1:20.3 locomotives? The switching 
yard will probably only have a 1" clearance (actual, not scale) between car 
sides.
Are there any standards for car widths in 20.3?
Keep your steam up!
Walt, Mr. Lunkenheimer's associate

PS If anyone out there will admit to having a Bachmann Sparkie Mogul, what is 
the overall width of the loco?