Thank you all for responding so quickly! This list is great! Here's a direct link to the document to which Stan was referring (this is for the U.P.): http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/operations/specs/attachments/amended/track_design.pdf
I hadn't thought about looking at railroad standard drawings, so I looked up something for the PRR. This diagram shows the standard for 1919 (the distance was 6' 1"): http://prr.railfan.net/standards/standards.cgi?plan=60155-D I also found a 1948 PRR standard drawing which shows the difference between a low platform (8") and a high platform (3'8"): http://prr.railfan.net/standards/standards.cgi?plan=70050-A Here the distance from track center would be 5'1" (low platform) and 7' (high platform). These diagrams also answered my other question, which I only just now thought about, and that was what the typical height of the platform would be from top-of-rail. Again, thank you all for taking the time to answer my question. I am trying to position my rendition of the "Showcase Miniatures" structure on my layout. I try to strive for prototypical accuracy, hence the original question. - Peter. On 04/07/2011 2:10 pm, [email protected] wrote: > It looks like UP standards call for 9 feet > from the track center line. Check drawing 0038 under "Track > Design"- this site can answer a lot of questions: > http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/operations/specs/track/index.shtml > Stan > Stokrocki -- 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] ------------------------------------ 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/
