<soapbox> check gauge! check gauge! check gauge! Back to Back is a derived dimension. </soapbox>
On Aug 8, 2011, at 8:56 PM, raisinone wrote: > You can't change one dimension and not take the others into > consideration. If you simply mount a code 88 wheel using the > current SHS (NASG/NMRA Standard) 0.800 back to back for a code 110 > wheel, you will probably have a bad day. The wheel set will run a > high risk of falling between the rails! The manufactured code 88 > (or P64) wheel sets have a wider back to back, 0.824 in the > standards. This insures the wheel set "gauge" will always be > greater than the track gauge. Talmadge C 'TC' Carr Sn42 and Hn42 somewhere in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest [email protected] ------------------------------------ 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/
