The Miniature Railway Supply Co Ltd
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6 lbs/yd (3kg/m) Steel Rail - Expansion Chart
6m Lengths |
The following conditions need to be met for the information in the table below to be valid: |
Fish bolt Hole diameter : 9.5mm x 7.2mm |
First hole centre from rail end : 11.5mm |
Second hole pitch from first hole : 31.7mm |
The rail ends must be sawn clean and square and free from burs etc |
The fish plates used are Miniature Railway Supply Company angle pattern fish plates |
Miniature Railway Supply Company standard M6 obround neck fishbolts and nuts are used to secure the fish plates |
This allows a maximum gap of 3.7mm with fishbolts in Standard configuration |
or gap of 5.1mm with fishbolts in High Expansion configuration (see here) |
The figures are per 6 metre lengths of rail |
The coefficient of expansion has been taken as 0.011 millimetres per metre per degree C. |
The temperatures given below are that of the RAIL which is likely to be different to the ambient temperature |
To provide effective jointing you need to assume face to face joints at maximum rail temperature and therefore gap the joint as appropriate depending on the rail temperature when laid |
The operating range of this rail before putting joints under tension/compression is 55°C with standard configuration fishbolts or 75°C with High Expansion configuration fishbolts see here |
Click here for instructions on how to use this table |
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This data only applies to Miniature Railway Supply Company products |