--- In [email protected], Talmadge C 'TC' Carr <group_list@...> wrote:
>
Hi TC,
Thanks for the clarification, I had certainly hoped there was nothing afoot to
change the currently accepted NASG/NMRA "Fine" standards, but I tend to get a
bit edgy whenever I hear the words "change" and "standards" used in the same
sentence.
As far as adopting the NMRA Hi-Rail/Deep-Flange and the P64 standards, as long
as the majority of the NASG membership (and especially those actually using
those standards) can agree, then having one set of standards between both the
NMRA and the NASG makes sense.
That being said, regarding the High-Rail/Deep-Flange figures, are any
manufacturers (Lionel, AM, and now MTH) currently abiding by any of those
numbers? I seem to recall that in the past, the makers of Hi-Rail products
pretty much used their own dimensions. If that's still the case, will declaring
the NMRA figures "standard" actually accomplish anything? That's why I think
they also should be involved in the process.
Bill in FtL
> Bill;
> Good points and I am not proposing we change anything but eliminate the NASG
> proto as it is not really proto but RP25.
> Maybe you can help here. What I am trying to do is get the NASG to adopt the
> rest of the NMRA standards that cover High-Rail (NMRA calls this deep flange)
> and P64.
> Also set up an RP for those who wish to use code 88 RP25 wheels rather than
> do P64, This is what the current NASG "Proto" attempts. Proto 64 has specs
> for S & Sn3, so would the proposed RP. The Engineering work has already been
> done with the NMRA fine scale spreadsheet. It just needs testing.
> So no change in the existing standards just additions for the other guys.
>
> Talmadge C 'TC' Carr
> Sn42 and Hn42 somewhere in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest
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