Someplace among my "odd ball" railroad stuff, I have three rail profiles. These sort of resemble insulating joints that are probably used in spacing rail joints for expansion. Anyway I'll dig them out when I have time--I think we'd all be amazed at the different sizes of rail. I also have a little chunk of actual rail I bought at a little shop in Silverton, col. back in the 60's. The rail is either fairly heavy mine or light duty NG rail.
Bob Werre PhotoTraxx > > > > I have also gone as far as measuring rail height. The rail I need > (IIRC) is 5" high and has a 5" foot. Don't remember the width of the > head. > > Micro Engineering's code 83 rail is actually code 82 if memory serves > me right. So if you measured the ME rail to determine your > calculations (below), you might be looking for somethingalong the > lines of code 80. That is nothing more than a wild guess, though. > > John Degnan > [email protected] <mailto:Scaler164%40comcast.net> > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "cnr3304" <[email protected] <mailto:andym%40mlwservices.ca>> > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:12:41 AM > Subject: {S-Scale List} How far is too far? > > I do measure the height of rail that is still left on some of the > areas that I model. > > The rail in front of Palmerston station and Owen Sound station is > 4.25" in height. Code 70 rail/track measures a little over that. > Code 83 is too high. > > [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/
