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[quote user="jjdamnit"] Hello all,   <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">restorator</div> <div class="quote-content">Your thoughts on whether to transition to code 100 for staging tracks or keep with the code 83...</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div>   Something to consider... Railroads in 1:1 scale use heavier gage rail on the mainlines and lighter gage in yards and sidings. Prototypical railroads measure the rails in <a href="http://www.icrr.net/rails.htm">pounds per yard</a>. "Code" in model railroad refers to the height of the rail in 0.001 of an inch. From the <a href="https://kadee.com/htmbord/truck.htm">Kadee web site</a>, "Track code is simply the measured height of the rail, code 100 is .100" tall, code 83 is .083" tall, code 70 is .070" tall, and so on." Many modelers in HO prefer code 83 because it looks proportionately more prototypical (realistic) than the larger code 100. To use the larger code 100 on yards and sidings may make fiscal sense but it doesn't make prototypical sense.   Some companies make code 70 and code 55 for HO scale use. Using a larger code rail in yards and sidings doesn't make sense in makes cents. Hope this helps. <div style="clear:both;"> </div> [/quote] Except he's talking about using it in staging (ie off stage), which already isnt prototypical. As to what JJ is talking about, here is a pretty complete chart that compares Ho Scale (and others) actual rail height to its corresponding weight per yard. <a href="http://wpporter.worthygems.com/railweight.php">http://wpporter.worthygems.com/railweight.php</a>
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