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Rail Road scratch building
slodder
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Posted: Friday, August 20, 2004 - 12:51 AM UTC
I am attempting to scratch build a Civil War flat car and need information on specs for this type of beats.

Any one know anything about this subject, size of wheels, width or tracks, size of track, type of wheel trucks???
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Posted: Friday, August 20, 2004 - 01:01 AM UTC
Scott,

Couple of decent pics at the link below. Still looking.

Shaun

http://www.mmcwrt.org/2002/default0204.htm
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Posted: Friday, August 20, 2004 - 01:02 AM UTC

I know it's about Urban Legends...but has some track spacing in it!!!


http://www.dnaco.net/~vogelke/articles/railroad.txt
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Posted: Friday, August 20, 2004 - 01:08 AM UTC
Just happened to be watching the History Channel the other day when they talked about this the US rail spacing was established by Congress in 1861 as 4 ft. 8 1/2 inches.
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Posted: Friday, August 20, 2004 - 01:11 AM UTC
Nice! Great stuff so far.

Thanks
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Posted: Friday, August 20, 2004 - 01:18 AM UTC
By the way "ties" or "sleepers" are 8 ft 6 inches long, 7 inches by 9 inches. Eastern railroads had them mill cut some they were very uniform western railroad had them made by hand and they varied in length and grade.
Rail laid during Civil War was Iron replaced by Steel in the early 1900's.
Interesting detail they covered on the History Channel.
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