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From: "Paul R DOT Tupaczewski" paultup AT comcast DOT net
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 08:15:13 -0400
Subject: RE: Boonton area (was: RE: (erielack) Steamtown Images--October 16, 2017--X Series (X2588-X2593)) Profile Chart.
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The track is tilted towards the wall because it's going into a super-elevated curve. Here's a view from the east end of the tunnel
looking in the direction of the Kingsland station, which is around the distant curve.

- Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Brezicki [mailto:doctorpb@bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 6:08 AM
> To: erielack@lists.railfan.net
> Cc: ShepRail@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Boonton area (was: RE: (erielack) Steamtown Images--October 16, 2017--X Series (X2588-X2593)) Profile Chart.
>
>
> If you look at the second diagram (the one with the vertical clearances at 1' intervals), you see a track tilted toward the wall,
not away
> from it. So I'm not sure what I'm looking at. However, if you count out 5' from the center, that elevation is a few inches over
17', the
> height of the tallest hy-cubes. Therefore, assuming the elevation through the entire bore is no shorter than at the portals, they
should
> fit through on both tracks. Count out 4' from center and you see plenty of room at top; count out 3' and you would have a problem
> with loaded trilevels, but that could be solved by singling and centering the track.
>
> Paul B


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