----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Karnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Having rail that is at least .125" high is only one consideration. You must also move your guardrails and frog wing rails. They must be spaced far enough away from your running rails to clear the overly-thick Lionel flanges. . . . . . . . Once you do this, your scale wheelsets will not operate reliably through your turnouts unless you use closed-frog turnouts because the wider guard rail spacing will allow scale wheel flanges to snag on the frog points.
> > > > > > > > Up until recently I would have said the same thing. But a Mr Tom Stoltz has come up with some turnouts that seem to work for both scale and high-rail. I didn't believe it either until I actually saw one at a club meeting and tried running both scale and tinplate trucks thru them. I'm not sure how, but they work. We have already had some positive reviews of these turnouts, one on this list I think. Has anyone had unsatisfactory experiences? Or are the people who say they don't work just guessing and not actually trying them? I believe it was at Altoona that Tom S had them on display for everyone to see and try. Check his trackwork out at http://s-scale.org/albums/albun00 Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list (remember to edit the SUBJECT of your message). Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
