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?? What Frog Number - Answered.

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?? What Frog Number - Answered.
Posted by gandydancer19 on Friday, May 23, 2008 1:30 PM

Question [?]  Would anyone happen to know right off hand what the frog number for the PECO SL-E190 double slip switch? It is a code 75 streamline one in the yellow box. The paperwork doesn't seem to say, or I missed it somewhere.

TIA.

Elmer.

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(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.

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Posted by markpierce on Friday, May 23, 2008 1:49 PM

It is 12 degrees according to the Peco product site.  This is between a #4.5 and #5.

Mark

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Posted by justinjhnsn3 on Friday, May 23, 2008 1:51 PM
off hand it looks simular to a number 6 that i have.  i plan to check it out when i get home tonight. 
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Posted by tomikawaTT on Friday, May 23, 2008 3:01 PM

Not an answer (since I don't know) but a way to find out.

Draw a straight line on a piece of paper longer than the assembled DSS.  Place the DSS on the paper with one rail of one straight-through route aligned with the above.  Mark the location of the ends of one rail on the other straight route.  Connect the dots, then find the point where the lines are one inch apart and measure back to their intersection.  The number of inches will give you the exact frog number.

The prototype uses the same method, in feet, to determine frog number of 'heritage' specialwork.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - with hand-laid specialwork)

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Posted by gandydancer19 on Friday, May 23, 2008 5:16 PM
OK, Thanks to all that answered.  Guess I should have checked the Peco website.  I'll have to remember that one.

Elmer.

The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.

(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.

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