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Passenger Station Platform Clearance
Mr Leary asks:
“I am building an HO scale passenger station and I want the cars as close to the platforms as possible. I think I’ll have the rail nearest the platform 3/8 inches away from the edge of the platform to make it so that my imaginary passengers don’t have to leap across the gap. Anybody ever get this close or closer?”
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I have tiny clearences 1/8″ or less between coach steps & platforms. The only problem arises when a wider loco has to negotiate that tolerence. Sometimes it will rub. So by trial & error I remove material from my homosote platforms before I apply the faux concrete.