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Reply to "Building the Nickel Plate in 4x10 with Fastrack"

I wanted to be more careful/precise about my measurements in track center spacing, as this is important in actual train operation with clearances for two trains on parallel tracks.   This shows a center-rail spacing of 4.25" between FasTrack O36 and my O44.5 compound curve arrangement used in this layout. (Generated using AnyRail).

O44-5_V1b_track_diagram

You can see that the outside O44.5 is not perfectly circular (as expected), with the spacing at the widest point (bottom in this illustration) a bit more than 4.25 at 4.5".   Spacing larger is fine, as long as it is nowhere less than 4.25".

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Last edited by Ken-Oscale

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