I was never sure but wanted to kno i see Code 100 , 83 …ect what does the code 100 and so on stand for. What the difference between codes, i was never sure.
call me stupid :p. but neve understood that.
It is the hight of the rail from the bottom of the rail to the top of the rail
In inches. Code 100 rail is .100 inche high. Code 83 rail is .083 inches high
The height of the rails in thousandths of an inch. So, code 83 is 17 thousandths of an inch shorter in profile than code 100 which is 100 thousandths of an inch.
It seems, in my limited observation over the year that I have been enjoying this hobby and this forum, that many of the more experienced and skilled/serious modellers use code 83 for their mainline, or even code 70, and drop to the next highest for their yard trackage and industrial tracks.
Aside from the rail height, I have found Atlas Code 100 track to have black ties; code 83 to have brown ties…
thats the only noticble thing i saw aswell. so im guessin code 100 give you less chance of derailment? and 70 you gotta be more careful with it so theres no derailment, i have everything code 100 but never sure what it meant
Code 100 is the way to go if you have older models with larger flanges on the wheels. I triad code 83 to start and found several of my locos bounced down the ties. Since I want to run these code 100 was the only way to go. Code 100 is really too large for scale accuracy, but when weathered and ballasted it can be made to look quite good.