N&W line poles

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Mon Jan 16 16:37:49 EST 2006


Ed,

Thanks for the information!

Mark Sullivan

On Jan 16, 2006, at 1:50 PM, nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> Mark,

>

> I don't know specifically about N&W, but I believe that the most common

> practices, at least in snow country, were 40 or 52 poles per mile. 52

> per

> mile, ie, 100ft spacing, was probably common on important main lines.

> wider

> spacing may have been tolerated on branch lines as an economy measure.

> The

> old NMRA data sheets have much of this information, and it is about

> the same

> as I remember seeing in old Bell System telephone standards. I have

> used

> 100 ft spacing on my RR and I believe that it looks about right.

>

> Don't forget to alternate the side of the arms on the poles. For

> example,

> on one pole the arms will be on the east side of the pole, then on the

> west

> side of next pole, then on east side again. Of course, standards

> usually

> required double bracket arms (arms on both sides of the pole) whenever

> the

> lines crossed a highway, track or other traveled way. Double bracket

> arms

> were required also when the signal line was broken at the end of a

> block,

> etc. With model railroads, it you follow rules, you may end up with

> most of

> the poles being double bracket arm because of the density of tracks,

> junctions, etc., so some judgement is in order.

>

> The Rix green molded cross arms make beautiful poles (in HO) if you

> have the

> patience to paint them. the result is green translucent insulators on

> the

> arms.

>

> Ed Sproles

> ----- Original Message -----

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> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 4:43 PM

> Subject: N&W line poles

>

>

>> Dear Listers,

>>

>> I'm going add signal line poles to my model railroad. I am wondering

>> if

>> someone on the list knows the (average) distance between the poles, as

>> they were on the N&W.

>>

>> Thank you in advance!

>>

>> Mark Sullivan

>> Columbus, Ohio

>>

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