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Track spacing depends on era, the more modern the construction the wider the spacing. Yards could be down to 12 ft spacing, mains to 13 ft for track built in the steam era. Track built since then will have 15 ft or so spacing on the main track. If its modern track, brand new in the last 10-20 years, the main track spacing could be 25 ft .
Jul 28, 2007 · I decided on 2" on my double track main line but I wanted to keep my spacing even between tangent and curves if at all possible since I like the look. My curves are either 42" and 40" or 40" and 38". I operate full length passenger cars so I built a test track (with cheap brass flex track from a swap meet).
Apr 28, 2010 · I've laid my track to the Peco Streamline spacing which was about 27.5mm between track centres if I recall correctly. 26mm between adjacent rails sounds too much - is this perhaps the figure for Setrack? On the prototype it is 6' minimum between outside of adjacent rails, which would make the track centres about 22mm in N gauge.
Jul 28, 2014 · I originally derived this from John Armstrongs book, "Track Planning for Realistic Operation" - the guru of track planning recommended 2-inch minimum centers in yards. I built a staging yard to fit 11 parallel tracks in a two foot wide area underneath the main RR yard which is being built above it.
Oct 1, 2009 · Our track plans typically show 2-inch spacing for HO scale, but mainly that's a convention we use for consistency, and because differences of a scale foot or two wouldn't be apparent in the usual drawing scales. And remember that these minimum track centers are only good for straight track.
Jul 11, 2017 · Re: Minimum trace width and spacing for 2oz copper. Minimum trace width and spacing must be several times the copper thickness, except for a few very special processes ($$$). This doesn't usually affect 2oz proto boards (7/7 rule is usually acceptable). 3oz+ may need wider rules. If you need finer, I've seen 4/4 available for 2oz, but you'll ...
Aug 21, 2011 · Typically, prototype track center spacing has been in the range of 13’-15’ – about 1” to 1-1/8” in N. Recent safety regulations require that track (s) must be shutdown when maintenance is being performed on an adjacent track. A track is deemed adjacent if the track center spacing is less than 19’-25’, depending upon the speed of ...
