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JWJN

November 01, 2017 05:11PM

Registered: 6 years ago
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Experts,

maybe someone here can tell me what the standard rail length on a logging rail road was?

Both for a narrow gauge logging rail road like the West Side Lumber railroad
as well as for a standard gauge logging rail road.

I would like to model the rail length more or less correctly on both 0n30 (Micro Engineering Code 70) and H0 track.

Code 70 rail in 0 scale translates to something like 40 lb/ft rail in the real world.
Did a rail road like West Side Lumber indeed use 40 lb/ft rail?

Thank you very much in advance for any information on this subject.

Jint

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Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	JWJN	November 01, 2017 05:11PM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	nedsn3	November 01, 2017 08:19PM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	Brian Norden	November 01, 2017 08:45PM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	philip.marshall	November 01, 2017 09:00PM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	Brian Norden	November 01, 2017 09:04PM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	JWJN	November 02, 2017 05:17AM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	Richard W.	November 02, 2017 10:51AM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	edsshay	November 02, 2017 04:11PM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	Jim Grigsby	November 02, 2017 06:14PM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	Everett Lueck	November 03, 2017 06:39AM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	JWJN	November 11, 2017 08:53AM

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