10-06-2011, 09:09 AM
MountainMan Wrote:Steamtrains Wrote:Les, as I understand it (and I may be wrong... :oops: ) the # is a measure of the divergence of the diverging track. For example, a #8 switch would diverge one inch from the straight, for every 8 inches of distance from the frog. How far apart are the tracks in the crossover..?
By that standard, a #10 would be approx. 10", and a #12 approx. 12" long, or near enough for government work.
Given that parallell tracks have track centers about 2" apart in H0 scale, a crossover consisting of two #12 would be approximately 2 x 12" = 24" (2 feet) long.
Smile,
Stein