Users of Templot may be interested in obtaining two templates for prototype turnouts as follows:
The first turnout is based on the drawing of a Robert Hudson 6′ 1 in 6 turnout as published with the track articles in issues 63-65 in the NG&IRM Review and also available on this site as a PDF.
The second turnout [...]
Precision turned Track Gauges are now available from KBscale. Produced in brass with grooves to suit Peco IL-115 code 82 rail. The outer grooves are for setting the 14mm gauge and the inner grooves give a 1mm gap for the check rails as per the published O14 standards.
The gauges have a machined flat at one end to [...]
The attached table of British NG rail and sleeper sizes (PDF) shows the main (flat bottom) rail weights and sleeper sizes and spacing for some of the principle British narrow gauge railways at various stages of their existence.
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The weights of flat bottom rail used in typical prototype 2′ narrow gauge railways ranged from 20lb-30lb (per yard) for small industrial use up to 60lb for ‘main’ lines. Nowadays some of the modern restored railways use even larger weights. Flat bottomed rail of these lower weights typically have square dimensions, in that the height [...]
