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| Topic Started: 29 Oct 2009, 05:33 PM (246 Views) | |
| saughton5 | 29 Oct 2009, 05:33 PM Post #1 |
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Please post your height measurement from rail to centre of coupling and send me pics of coupling systems so i can get an average height and build a multi link coupling thanks Robert
Edited by saughton5, 29 Oct 2009, 09:11 PM.
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| glastonrail | 29 Oct 2009, 05:34 PM Post #2 |
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Hi Robert, What gauge track are working on? Coupling heights for 15" gauge vehicles are much higher than for 7.25" vehicles... ... Thanks, Dom |
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| saughton5 | 29 Oct 2009, 05:36 PM Post #3 |
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10 1/4 inch guage thats why i thought to post in this area of the forum |
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| glastonrail | 29 Oct 2009, 05:58 PM Post #4 |
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That will teach me! I saw the thread from the "Active Topics" list rather than the main board and immediately thought it in Construction...! Woops! Sorry!   
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| saughton5 | 29 Oct 2009, 06:02 PM Post #5 |
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Soz maybe was a bit abrupt. any info |
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| glastonrail | 29 Oct 2009, 06:18 PM Post #6 |
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Afraid I don't have anything definite myself - 7.25" is where I do most 'railwaying'... However, Aidan Favell did start the 10.25" Society a couple of years ago (though it is currently defunct) - it might be worth contacting him via his brother Giles and asking if any standards were proposed/drawn up. Website: http://www.gilesfavell.seriouslyinternet.com/ Also, the operator of the Rudyard Lake Steam Railway is on here (alias "Merlin") so hopefully he might be able to help when he sees this. Hope this provides some help if nothing definite. Dom |
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| saughton5 | 29 Oct 2009, 07:26 PM Post #7 |
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thanks have emailed giles |
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| penrose | 29 Oct 2009, 08:14 PM Post #8 |
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From memory, Ian Allan and Cromar White use a coupling height of approx 7" from rail. The new carriages currently in our workshop have a coupling height of approx 8.5" from rail. Not sure what the coupling heights are on our two locos but they are both different to each other. The next piece of rolling stock arriving here probably has a completely different coupling height as well - and is hook and chain rather than bar and pin which is used on the rest of our stock. No such thing as coupling standardisation here!! Incidentally getting coupling heights measured from sleeper level is probably as useful as a chocolate teapot as not every 10 1/4" gauge railway uses the same rail height. Therefore a coupling height on an item of rolling stock from sleeper level could be, say, 6" on one railway, and 8" on another. |
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| saughton5 | 29 Oct 2009, 09:11 PM Post #9 |
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thanks have re phrased the question that is a valid point |
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| rough-shunter | 30 Oct 2009, 02:42 PM Post #10 |
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the way i have done it in the past is either to use a chain or a bar that is bent to match |
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| saughton5 | 1 Nov 2009, 08:11 PM Post #11 |
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Any pics anyone pls |
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| penrose | 13 Nov 2009, 06:10 PM Post #12 |
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 Basic bar coupling as used on our stock  Simplest form of coupling we use - small piece of channel bolted to the buffer beam with a hole drilled in top & bottom. |
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| saughton5 | 18 Nov 2009, 08:33 PM Post #13 |
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thanks will be handy |
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