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How do I create and install guard rails?
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According to Paul Mallery's "Trackwork Handbook for Model Railroaders" the proto type RRs laid the guard rail 8 to 18 inches inside the running rail. They did use smaller sized or salvaged from worn out service rails. You are aware that they were "veed" toward the center of the track at the end to catch the already on the ground truck and thus steering it toward the center of the bridge to prevent the car from taking out the bridge. <br />Once you have shaped the rails they could be glued in place with a contact cement, thus avoiding the spiking the rail to the plastic ties. <br />Keep the ends of the "vees" seperated to avoid any possible electrical shorting to the running rails. <br />Good luck and post pictures of the finished product
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