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Jaxster

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Does anyone know who could supply me with 1:10 scale rail and all the fixings for creating a track section for a display model? The total length will be about 36". So I need rail, ties, fish plates, and rivets.

Sure would appreciate the help.
 
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Jaxster said:
Seem 1" scale is the smallest they produce,
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1" scale is 1:12. (The ride-on guys refer to scales as xx to the foot.) So their rail is smaller than 1:10, which you requested.
LGB rail is code 332, or 0.332" tall. I think someone else makes plastic rail about the same size - TrainLi ?

However, rail comes in many sizes. Rick's "Da Trains" website section has many useful charts, including this on rail sizes.
https://www.urbaneagle.com/data/RRrailsizes.html
The chart indicates 100# rail is 6" tall, so in 1:10 it would be 6/10", 0.6", or code 600 in our vernacular. LGB is a little bigger than that so it corresponds to about 60# rail. That is quite light - more suitable for a backwoods logging line, I think.
 
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Pete Thornton said:
1" scale is 1:12. (The ride-on guys refer to scales as xx to the foot.) So their rail is smaller than 1:10, which you requested.
LGB rail is code 332, or 0.332" tall. I think someone else makes plastic rail about the same size - TrainLi ?

However, rail comes in many sizes. Rick's "Da Trains" website section has many useful charts, including this on rail sizes.
https://www.urbaneagle.com/data/RRrailsizes.html
The chart indicates 100# rail is 6" tall, so in 1:10 it would be 6/10", 0.6", or code 600 in our vernacular. LGB is a little bigger than that so it corresponds to about 60# rail. That is quite light - more suitable for a backwoods logging line, I think.
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My local historian tells my my locomotive ran on 34 to 36 pound rail. So in 1:10 scale, what would that be, or look like?
 
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Jaxster said:
My local historian tells my my locomotive ran on 34 to 36 pound rail. So in 1:10 scale, what would that be, or look like?
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Jack,

at 1:10, 35lb/yd rail for example, would work out to 0.33125" so just shy of the industry standard of Code 332, so that would be the best to use for your project. I am replying to the email you sent me earlier today with more details so be on the look out for that soon.

Best,
Mike
 
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MGates said:
Jack,

at 1:10, 35lb/yd rail for example, would work out to 0.33125" so just shy of the industry standard of Code 332, so that would be the best to use for your project. I am replying to the email you sent me earlier today with more details so be on the look out for that soon.

Best,
Mike
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Thanks Mike.
 
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