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Im building an outdoor railway and.........

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Posted by cabbage on Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:01 AM
My track is a plank on post system. I use 150x50 mm on top of two 25x50mm stretchers arranged like this TT. I can stand on it, I weigh 105Kg -but I am 205cm tall.
So far it has stood up to everything I have run on it. The distance between the posts, (which are 100mm sq), varies from 1m to 2m -depending on the curve of the track.

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ralph

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Im building an outdoor railway and.........
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:55 AM
I am about to start building an outdoor railway in HO gauge and want to know if anyone can tell me how far apart to put the supports etc, I will be driving posts in for the purpose, I was looking at a post say every 6 feet and a 4 X 1 each side of the post on their side running between them and the bed going on top of them would this be adequate? I reckon it would the job.

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