https://blog.model-train-help.com/2017/03/how-wide-should-i-make-the-station-platform-clearance.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-wide-should-i-make-the-station-platform-clearance Model railroads and model trains Thu, 30 Mar 2017 02:39:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2017/03/how-wide-should-i-make-the-station-platform-clearance.html#comment-17998 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 02:39:49 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4390#comment-17998 I fell foul of this in N gauge. I made the platform gap as small as possible and only then found that a Class 08 shunter’s connecting rods stick out more than any other loco. Friends have also pointed out that the cylinders of some steam locos stick out more then they should. So, the answer is, find your ‘widest’ loco and position the platform so that it just clears. Then everything else should fall into line.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2017/03/how-wide-should-i-make-the-station-platform-clearance.html#comment-17980 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:33:03 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4390#comment-17980 Get yourself a NMRA Ho scale gauge. It has the accurate clearance requirements for station platforms among other clearance requirements. The measurements will be good for straight track. If you are on the inside of a curve you will have to go by trial and error.

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