trisonic Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I was browsing through the Black River and Western RR website (see Overseas Prototype) and found this interesting little document: http://www.bdrry.com/Black%20River%20Railroad%20System%20Track%20Standards%20&%20Specifications%20100101.pdf Someone could find this quite useful as it reflects current US shortline practice in the USA. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
signalmaintainer Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Good find, Pete! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Well Done - Pete - very interesting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Now I'll have to google "131/132#RE rail". What code is that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Found it: http://www.lbfoster.com/Rail/newrail_specs.html#132RE A whisker over 7inches tall - I make that Code 80 or thereabouts. So Peco Code 83 wouldn't be too far out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Janus Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 And you can find it in this NMRA Recommended Practice - NMRA RP-15.1 Rail Gil, known as Bill somedays ... B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof Klyzlr Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I was browsing through the Black River and Western RR website (see Overseas Prototype) and found this interesting little document: http://www.bdrry.com...ns%20100101.pdf Someone could find this quite useful as it reflects current US shortline practice in the USA. Best, Pete. Dear Pete, Great find! Now, darn it if we don't have any excuse to use #4s, 5s, or even 6s on our models, "...TURNOUTS Unless otherwise specified, turnouts shall (be) #10 ..." Darn... Happy Modelling, Aim to Improve, Prof Klyzlr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 For a short document it contains a remarkable amount of information. With regard to #10's - we're used to seeing rtr mainline specimens - these seem considerably shorter. When we have finished being buried in Snow and Ice over here - I'll take a trip down to the line and take some detailed photos of some turnouts. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1905 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Here is something similar, only with LOTS of plans and diagrams from the Union Pacific: http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/operations/specs/track/index.shtml PS I have seen PROTOTYPE diagrams for switches down to a #3 from the 1920's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof Klyzlr Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Dear Dave, A check of my files shows it was exactly these docs that I used to set the handlaid track specs for "ChicagO Fork", with the sleeper spacing, sizing, and ballast colors, (indicating whether it was UP "Secondary Main", UP "Industrial", or "UP-acceptable-privately-constructed" trackage), being the key indicators... I knew I recognized the URL from somewhere... Happy Modelling, Aim to Improve, Prof Klyzlr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold John B Posted May 25, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2011 Some images of shortline trackwork in a reasonably awful state attached: This is on the Akron, Barberton & Canton Railway (a Wheeling & Lake Erie subsidiary) in Barberton, OH, summer 2009. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1905 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 You didn't by any chance catch the weight of the rail or how old it is did you. The angle bars look like 90# or low 100's. American rail has the size and month/year it was rolled/stamped in the side of every piece. On rail that rusty it would be a bit to read it though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold John B Posted May 25, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2011 Sadly I didn't - it was indeed very rusty. The contrast between the shortline track and the almost-adjacent "high iron" of the CSX (ex-B&O) line through Barberton was very marked, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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