--- In [email protected], "raisinone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> FYI.. The 12" to the foot gauge railroad's generally try not to have
> curvatures higher than 10 degrees and a 14 degree curve on a mainline
> would be considred extremely tight, probably about the max.
>
> Jim K.
> ________________________________
CC&P (ex-IC) had an 11-degree curve, complete with a kink where it
came off the bridge over the river there. You shoulda heard them
SD-40's screek as they negotiated that!
That wasn't the only place IC employed the "fudge factor" to get the
ends of the rail to line up, either
Bob Nicholson
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