Guys; Really? I'm all for realism and getting as close as possible to the prototype, but are we going to obsess over .010 in the height of our rail? Better have tie plates with the correct number of spikes, rail clips, "bondings" on rail joints in signaled territory, etc. if you plan to worry about this discrepancy.
I would suggest someone insert a strip of .010 styrene under the rail in a section of track and see if you really notice the difference. I'd rather worry that there is no 40' steel 10'6" boxcar with IDE and diagonal panel roof, nor a plastic PS-1 boxcar which existed in the tens of thousands post-war. Yet, we endure... Pieter E. Roos --- On Thu, 12/15/11, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess that makes more sense, glad I > didn't do the math! But it also > says that code 100 would be a little on the small > side! I understand > that Cleveland once sold some #115 size rail, which would > be nearly perfect. > > I have measured the middle sized (KCS) and it comes out to > 90. while the > MILW comes in at 60 which is what I was told. The > actual rail sample is > about #40, so it could have been used for early 3' > running. > > Bob Werre > > > > On 12/15/11 2:46 PM, Tom Hawley wrote: > > > > As you can see it's nearly 7" high. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Talmadge C 'TC' Carr > > > > Thats around code 130 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----------Response----------- > > The gentleman forgets that our scale is one to 64, and > that the code is > > derived from the rail height. 7 divided by 64 gives a > "code" of about 110. > > > > Tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich ------------------------------------ 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/
