Re: Micro-phraudin' the Uintah's 60% curve . . . 
| October 25, 2018 12:57PM |
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Dutch Flat Wrote:
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> "The last of the North side's switchbacks - I think
> this thing is 60%. Jeez! Apparently the Uintah's
> 2-6-6-2's had no problem with these curves, but it
> sure LOOKS impossible. Funny - I don't think an
> HOn3 brass model could make the same radius
> in scale!"
Earl Wrote:
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> This is very true. I have an HOn3 Uintah 2-6-
> 6-2T. A 60 degree curve works out to about 88
> feet radius. That's a wee bit over 12" in HO scale
> as HO scale is 1/87. So . . .
Well, I wuz a-gonna question that 60 percent figure for a curve, but Earl done beat me to it . . .
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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> "The last of the North side's switchbacks - I think
> this thing is 60%. Jeez! Apparently the Uintah's
> 2-6-6-2's had no problem with these curves, but it
> sure LOOKS impossible. Funny - I don't think an
> HOn3 brass model could make the same radius
> in scale!"
Earl Wrote:
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> This is very true. I have an HOn3 Uintah 2-6-
> 6-2T. A 60 degree curve works out to about 88
> feet radius. That's a wee bit over 12" in HO scale
> as HO scale is 1/87. So . . .
Well, I wuz a-gonna question that 60 percent figure for a curve, but Earl done beat me to it . . .
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
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