Bill,
--- In [email protected], "Willam Fraley" <wjfraley@...> wrote:
>
> S Scale Modelers,
>
> To run code 88, 93, 98, 110, 125 or whatever on our rolling stock, is that
> really prototypical?
In 1:64 scale, the answer is no, as to be prototypical, you take the real thing
and (as far as possible, of course!) divide the measurements by 64. This
produces a wheel 0.087" wide, but calling it "code 87" is a model-ism.
> I know they run on a variety of rail sizes, but wheelsets?
Oh yes.
>
> I would be interested in knowing if all of our real railroads run different
> wheel sets on their equipment?
>
In the UK that was certainly the case, but decreasingly so over time. We still
have a lot of four-wheel freight cars over here, and indeed (believe it or not)
some "rail bus" units composed of long wheelbase 4-wheel cars. Not a pleasant
ride, but it has led to a lot of research into wheel profiles, not just the
width but also the coning.
> "S"imply a curiosity!
>
Hopefully a "S"atisfying answer!
Simon Dunkley.
PS - Rich, that was a wonderfully awful joke.
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