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Reply to "Standard Gauge GG1 day on the test track"

One of my most postponed projects is to build an overhang/underhang gauge we could use during SGMA (Standard Gauge Module Association) events to measure these specifications for every piece of rolling stock that is run at our shows. The late great Arno Baars collected some information of this type, but there is much more to be done.

One thing is certain, the original STD72 and STD84 curves on SGMA modules were too close together (6-3/16" center-to-center) to run many of the larger Standard Gauge trains.  The current SGMA modules have STD7t 2 and STD87 curves (7-1/4" center-to-center), and we haven't seen any contacts occur.

However, we haven't run one of Jim's GG1s past another so far as I know! (I think we also need to to try two 4-6-6-4 steam locos.)

Kirk

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