Track Bank Question

For general purpose freight and passenger track in the US the maximum was 6 inches of cross level between the rails. This would fully compensate for centrifigal force at 95mph on a one-degree curve, or 45mph on a five-degree curve. Railroads were allowed to install a lesser amount than full compensation up to three inches less. When I was making my banking track I used 4 inches as a reasonable compromise. (about 4 degrees of slope). Modern high speed rail may have steeper banking...I've never looked into it.
 
-good info. i ask cause i just found out about the banking consist rule and 3.0 is the highest u can go but it looks like to much and i was trying to find the correct number for a prototypical bank. right now i'm on 1.5 and it looks ok but it doesn't bank the locomotives!

-Joe
 
Some locos bank and others don't, and some cars seem to bank more than others and some bank in the wrong direction. I have never quite figured out why that is. I tend to run my own consists at 1.5 to 2 degrees using the banking rule.
 
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socalwb909 said:
-good info. i ask cause i just found out about the banking consist rule and 3.0 is the highest u can go but it looks like to much and i was trying to find the correct number for a prototypical bank. right now i'm on 1.5 and it looks ok but it doesn't bank the locomotives!

-Joe
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try putting the banking rule to 1.27-1.50!i use it for my amtrak trains and it works perfectly.:)it looks really neat seeing the f40ph and the amfleet coaches banking at 80mph!!!!!!!:cool:
 
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