Peter, Railroad clearances vary by State and are usually legal requirements established by each State's Public Utilities Commission. The variences in the real world would are not that significant in the model railroad world. For example, side clearances only vary by about 6-inches or so. For railroad loading docks, the State of Missouri's legal clearance is 5'-9" from centerline of track for any dock up to 4'-0" above top of rail. If the dock extends above 4'-0" then the side clearance increases to 8'-6" above TOR. That means loading dock doors have to be set back 8 and one-half feet from centerline of rail. These are minimum clearances and individual railroads may establish their own clearances as long as they don't fall below the legal requirement.
Keep in mind that clearances also change over the years, so steam era clearances may be quite different than today's double stack clearances. I hope this helps. Bob Frascella Wenham, MA On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Peter Vanvliet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Although not directly related to S-scale, for those of you who are/were > real railroaders and for those of you who know, what would be the > maximum distance between the edge of a loading ramp/platform of an > industrial building and the edge of a boxcar door? > > I have seen photos of where the boxcar is right up next to the > unloading/loading platform, and I have seen photos where a wooden board > was used to span the gap. > > I am trying to determine how to place my structure and its distance from > the track. > > Thank you for any info, > - Peter. > > -- > Peter Vanvliet ([email protected], or [email protected]) > Houston, Texas > > "It is easy to give up; anyone can do that..." > > http://pmrr.org/ (my model railroad - RSS feed <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) > http://fourthray.com/ (my company) > http://houstonsgaugers.org/ (model railroad club) > -- > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
