01-23-2015, 11:21 AM
When in doubt, google the "Maintenance of Way Cyclopedia". It has both the AAR and AREA rail cross sections. You can measure any rail, compare it against these, and know how well it matches.
I'm not planning on using ME rail at all for my On3 empire...it isn't close to correct for O-scale at the sizes I need. There are only two sources for light O-scale rail, Right-O-Way and Karlgarin. I'm currently awaiting delivery of a fair bit of Karlgarin Rail (from the UK, appropriately!). It's taken quite a bit of effort to get it ordered (hard to get ahold of), but I've been assured that the products are more than worth the effort...they look like they are...and the guy, Richard, is a nice guy.
The take home message from my above "rivet counting" is that the vast majority of On3 modelers have never noticed nor cared about their rail profile being wrong...they've only cared that it is approximately the right height and that the trains stay on it. And On3 modelers are usually more demanding than any other modelers except P87 and P48 in this area. Nothing wrong with that. So if you find a convenient source of rail that is not quite right, you'll be doing the same thing that many MMR's have done...if you're happy, that's what matters!
I'm not planning on using ME rail at all for my On3 empire...it isn't close to correct for O-scale at the sizes I need. There are only two sources for light O-scale rail, Right-O-Way and Karlgarin. I'm currently awaiting delivery of a fair bit of Karlgarin Rail (from the UK, appropriately!). It's taken quite a bit of effort to get it ordered (hard to get ahold of), but I've been assured that the products are more than worth the effort...they look like they are...and the guy, Richard, is a nice guy.
The take home message from my above "rivet counting" is that the vast majority of On3 modelers have never noticed nor cared about their rail profile being wrong...they've only cared that it is approximately the right height and that the trains stay on it. And On3 modelers are usually more demanding than any other modelers except P87 and P48 in this area. Nothing wrong with that. So if you find a convenient source of rail that is not quite right, you'll be doing the same thing that many MMR's have done...if you're happy, that's what matters!
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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