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To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Subject: Re: Clearances between tracks
I second Steve's assertion! (-:
see http://www.panyo.com/bloom/images/1Z080022.jpg
Michael Martin
http://www.panyo.com/steamups
Clark and interested others of the list,
I use data scaled down from AREA drawings as well as data from a wonderful
little book entitled "Simplified Curve and Switch Work" by W. F. Rench,
formerly Supervisor on the Pennsylvania Railroad. This handbook, printed in
1928, provided "Valuable and nece
I second Steve's assertion! (-:
see http://www.panyo.com/bloom/images/1Z080022.jpg
Michael Martin
http://www.panyo.com/steamups
Thanks for the kind words. I've been at this (gauge one live steam) now
for 12 years. I've built several large elevated tracks. All my track
is really level and I use transition curves going in and out of large
turns. I super elevate the curves using craft sticks under the outside
edge of the
Hi Clark
That is a very good summary of the situation - -I'm saving it to quote to
the next query I have on this problem. I like the concept of "a narrow roof
with track rather than a table" - it might stop some of the "N gauge
thinking" of packing as much into the space as possible.
A commen
Jeffrey Williams wrote:
> My soon-to-be-built track is planned to have 10 foot minimum radius curves
> and 8 inch center to center track distance.
I had that thought also (10 foot curves) when I built my track. It was
beaten into my head that 10 feet was the minimum radius for Aster
engines. So
Clark:
Your measurement of the Accucraft K-27 is interesting - that scales to 10
foot 6 7/8 inches prototype dimensions at 20.3:1. The only text I have on
D&RGW locos (Norwood) shows a width over the cylinders for the K-27 of 9
foot 5 3/4 inches, which indicates there is another foot or more of
Well I've been thinking about all this for some time now. I measured
Soni Honegger's engine at DH this year and found it to be 3.5 inches
from the rail centerline to the outermost part of the cylinder chests.
That makes it a 7 inch wide loco.
Additionally I measured an Accucraft Electric K 27
Jeff,
You might also want to look at www.gaugeone.org/Standards.htm. I believe
that this info was recently posted. It specifically addresses 10mm scale and
British practice, however.
If you are planning for livesteam operation then you might want to plan for
track spacing that allows adequate cl
Hey Jeff-
Make sure there's room for that live steam K-27 I'm going to buy ;)
-Eric Maschwitz
www.grabiron.com
Jeffrey, try:
http://www.urbaneagle.com/data/
This site has a lot of stuff. Jim Burns
Jeffrey Williams wrote:
> I recall either a website or a message to this group that had some
> suggestions as to minimum track-to-track centerline distances on
> double-tracked straight sections and for curves
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