John Prior wrote:

>I am trying to find out the distance from the top off the rail to the
>vertical clearance point in S scale, (to prevent S scale equipment hitting
>the overbridge!).
>
>The NASG web site doesn't give that standard, but looking at the NMRA site,
>they show Standard S7 for clearance and give the vertical distance (H) as
>41/8",  (105mm).
>
>Are the NASG standards the same as the NMRA for clearances? If not, what are
>they? I also appreciate that the NMRA clearance diagram tapers in at the
>top, as per the AAR Plate diagrams.
>  
>
John et al --

The NMRA clearance gage still applies for clearances.  But wait:  That's 
for "older" railroad eras (say pre-1980).  Modern railroading uses the 
newer "Plate H" standard.  Both of these templates are included in the 
NASG's "SMOD" standards booklet, available from yours truly for $2 
postpaid (US stamps or check payable to "NASG Inc."  You don't have to 
be an NASG member to obtain this booklet).  If you want a more durable 
version of either of these gages, Bill Banta sells them in plastic.  See 
the NASG website, click on "Modular," and there find a link to Banta.

Dick Karnes, Librarian
Russell M. Mobley Memorial Library
4323 86th Ave. SE
Mercer Island, WA  98040-4124


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