Code 70 rail

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Anonymous

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Code 70 rail

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 6, 2005 2:45 PM

I have some spare lengths of code 70 rail which I would like to place for trackside decoration around my layout. I would like to know what is the length of prototype rail? TIA.

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Don Gibson

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June 2004
From: Pacific Northwest
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Posted by Don Gibson on Friday, May 6, 2005 3:53 PM

Code 70 is close to 90lb mainline line in the Steam era. It was cut into lenth's to fit onto 40 flat cars for transportation.

So 4 1/2" (4.6") would be appropriate. I ''notch' my fextrack every 4" - 5" to simulate.

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jrbernier

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January 2001
From: SE Minnesota
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Posted by jrbernier on Friday, May 6, 2005 3:59 PM

Most rail was cut to 39' sections for shipping on 40' gons.......

Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin

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