--- In [email protected], Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Posted by: "Kelvin A. White" [EMAIL PROTECTED] kelvinawhite
> > Date: Sun Sep 2, 2007 9:06 am ((PDT))
> >
> > Can somebody please advise the prototype clearance heights for hi-
cube boxcars and double stacks, <snip>
>
> As Tom Hawley wrote here Sunday, typical "Excess Height" Boxcars
can be up to 17 feet and 1 inch in height, while a double-stack well
car with two containers, each 9-1/2 feet high, has a height of 20
feet and 2 inches.>
> You probably do not want to follow the NMRA's current standard,
which is 4-1/8 inch for S, or 22 feet, <skip>
There might be a good reason to follow NMRA's standard if you run
double stacks... Missed in this discussion so far is actually
checking the height of rolling stock once you have a bridge in
place. This is not meant to cast any dispersions on manufacturers,
but not all S gauge rolling stock follows the prototype height
standards...
If vertical clearances are an issue on your railroad, you should be
checking car height along with wheel gauge and coupler height.
Making an "assumption" can often lead to a bad day...
Jim K.
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