Advice on Track

[ednadolski]

That is, of course, just a generalization people use to try and justify oversized rail.

The CGW was laid with 90# rail so c55 is way too big.  It's not about preference, it's about prototype.

True, it's a matter of choosing from the available options.

Some folks even use code 25 or 30 rectangular brass bar for really fine rail, or for Z scale.  At that size, it's hard to see that it's not an actual rail cross-section. 

http://whiteriverandnorthern.net/clinic_03.htm
http://jamesriverbranch.net/part_10.htm

[AlkemScaleModels]

What, no expanding frogs?

Nobody expects the Spainish Inquisition!  (Or Bernie, of all people, with the rim shot.)

Among our many weapons.....
Hey, it was a rough day at the orifice.

[ednadolski]

Neither Code 55 nor Code 40 is especially hard to file, if you have a decent flat file. Code 55 being larger just takes a bit more effort. In either case, it's definitely easier if you make a simple jig to hold the rail.

Here is a link to another simple filing jig -- just a couple of grooves sawn into a few flat sheets of masonite:

http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/8Lz5Sf7xYMY1mDuqaBIbozXN7X5wCzaAIl3BTrYME423Nx0ScAqXizZmZ6ptL6mfLZtIaiMHc3TZXocJG-7cK_4zzZpKbzo/Code%2040%20Filing%20Jig/RailJig.pdf