Well Dick,
It so happens I'd love some scratchbuilt track for my layout. When ever you
are free and fancy some warm beer, I'd be more than willing to provide you with
your hobby materials.
I understand air fares are very competative at this time of year !
>From Across the Pond.
Don MacDougall
UK.
PS. Got down to 28" radius with easments. Max lenth SHS Bulkhead Flats mixed
in with 2 Bay Hoppers et al. Hidden. 48" visible is in the plan.
--- In [email protected], Richard Karnes <rnk2202@...> wrote:
>
> John et al --
>
> Turnouts are in fact eased. If you consult the AREA (American Railway
> Engineering Association) dimensional standards for turnouts, you will find
> that the curved closure rail is eased, then straightened through the frog.
> AREA tables also provide the effective radius of the curved branch; these
> radii are generally quite a bit larger than the typical model curves. There
> is no standard for No. 4 turnouts; the tables start with No. 5 (closure
> radius of 178 feet, 33 actual inches in S). (PRR has different standards --
> Their smallest is a No. 5.289. Go figure.)
>
> That said, I have standard turnouts only in my terminal/yard area. These are
> No. 5 for freight yard, No. 6 (259-foot radius, 48.5 inch actual inches in S)
> for the passenger terminal and coach yard. Elsewhere, I drew centerlines
> using heavy O scale (.172) rail to draw easements between tangents and
> curves, and I built the turnouts to follow the centerlines. The result is
> smoothly-flowing trackwork.
>
> You might ask where one purchases turnouts manufactured to AREA standards.
> Well, I don't know and don't care. I have scratchbuilt all of mine. I'm not
> recommending that in general; it's just that constructing trackwork is my
> first love in model railroading, and I am somewhat sad that I have no more
> trackage to construct.
>
> Dick Karnes
> Mercer Island WA
>
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