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| tmuir |
Gauge one minimum track radius?Anyone know what generally is considered the minimum bend radius of tracks to run gauge one stock on? |
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| Graham-Jilly |
sorry Tony I cant help you there but im guessing it is set to themin radious of the loco that will be running on it seems that an 0-4-0 can manage a 24" radius ok but not sure about bigger engines 
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| tmuir |
Yes it is dependant on the loco running on it but there must be a radius that is considered the minimum for gauge 1.
I have a part built gauge 1 loco and it cant manage the 1.25m radius of the track I have at the moment so wondering just how big I would have to go to be able to run gauge one locos. 
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| MTA |
Tony,
There should be some info here: http://www.gaugeone.org/ I haven't looked through it, but I'm sure that they can answer your question... |
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| tmuir |
I've looked on their website and they give very exact tolerances for wheels and track size but nor bend radius on the website. I'm sure if I emailed them they could tell me though and if I get that desperate I just might have to. |
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| bessytractor |
the big pacifics etc will require a wide berth |