If you are using 85' passenger cars then you would need 43" min radius curves including switches. You can make your own switches very easly with PC Ties, carbon paper, a sheet of 20 lb bond paper and a section of flex track. NMRA RP 11 says a # 6 switch should work.?. I recommend going with a 43" radius switch. They will take more real estate but they will work better while backing the long cars. Good Railroading Paul
--- On Mon, 4/18/11, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Turnout advice for newcomer's To: [email protected] Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 12:44 PM Billy is correct, for our stub end station often the trains wanted to fold-up when doing a reverse action. Part of the problem was due to a S curve coupled with those turnouts. I think we still have them on the long passing siding that you built. They seem to be doing okay. I still have 3 or 4 on my layout but that many have been torn out and replaced. The funny thing about the #6 is all the room they take. A properly made #6 is actually shorter than the plastic strip the Shinohara are mounted to. For this reason I would never use them in a tight yard situation. Bob Werre BobWphoto.com On 4/18/11 1:56 PM, Billy Click wrote: > > When building the modules for the Houston S Scalers years ago, I > handbuilt a 3 way switch for the start of the passenger throat but > with limited time left I used Shinohara #6's for the rest of the > passenger throat. We had considerable problems backing passenger > trains into the stub terminal. Finally, years after I left the Houston > area I believe that the group has replaced all of them normal #6's. > Bob Werre could verify this. > > Backing long cars through them is not a particularly good idea. > > Billy Click > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [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/
