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Building a yard ladder
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alynmar@...
When building a yard ladder is it acceptable to place your turnouts end to end or should there be some track in between the turnouts, if so what would the recommended track length be in OO scale? Thank you for any suggestions.
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Scott H. Haycock
The key measurement for laying out yard tracks is center-to-center spacing. in HO this is usually 2'' on straight track. Lay it out. Most HO turnouts have to be shortened for ladders. The NMRA website will have their standards somewhere and they will have this info for OO scale.
Scott Haycock
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Blair
If using PECO C100, they told me they're designed to give you 2" spacing if laid nose-to-tail. If you want wider spacing, you can easily calculate a length based on the diverging angle(12*) and the desired additional length. Blair Sent from his Galaxy |
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Blair
I have found the pinwheel style of ladder to be very effective and compact while also being forgiving in clearances. With Peco C100, 7 turnouts give you 84 degrees curvature at the throat of an 8-track staging yard very nicely. Sent from his Galaxy |
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