Entry posted by Will Vale
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...works out as 110mm life size. It's the difference in height between code 40 and code 60 rail.
I blame thank James for starting me down this particular dark path. The further of the two parallel tracks in the picture is standard Märklin track using code 60 rail. The nearer is code 40 rail threaded into Märklin sleeper bases, with the tops of the chairs/spikes/clips dressed with a sanding stick afterwards. And it works! The rails are held in gauge, and the trains run along it without bumping.
Given that I only have to do plain track on this layout, I think I should probably carry on, assemble some more lengths, and try laying some for real. It does look rather better - code 40 @ 1:220 is equivalent to code 100 @ 1:87, not finescale but rather finer than the code 60 
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