Found It! US Army Standards For Track Work

Model Railroader Prototype information for the modeler
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If the OLd Dog did this correctly, the following link should lead to TM5-628

http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/armytm/tm5-628/

The links gives the US Army standards for track work which should be somewhat similiar to the standards for civilian railroads.

Below is a link to TM5-850-2, another railroad related manual

http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/armytm/tm5-850-2/

Have fun

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Good stuff.

Allowing for oxymorons (e.g. “military intelligence”) we will be able to begin track work in 2012.

What is wrong with the existing AAR standards?

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Very interesting link…thanks!

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Michael Stevens asked “what is wrong with AAR standards?” Answer, nothing really, but there was a time when the military wrote standards for everything. This was, admittedly, a duplication of effort, However, the military maintains retains historical copies of all of its’ documents wheras not all of your other standardization organizations do so. Consequently, if you come acrooss a thirty year old drawing that quotes an ASTM alloy, you may not be able to determine the actual composition of that metal.

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Admittedley (a duplcation of a effort etc,) – admitted by whom?

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This is valuable info – THANKS!!!

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Thanks! I enjoyed this…and learned somethings. For one, they really are called turnouts.