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Wheel Standards

  It's YOUR equipment!

 

 

From the "IBLS Wheel Standards" published in the October 1981 issue of Live Steam magazine.

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KEY

TG
(Track Gauge)

T
(Tire Width)

W
(Flange Width)

F
(Flange Depth)

R
(Fillet Radius)

B
(Back to Back)

G
(Wheel Gauge)

WC
(Wheel Check)

H*
(Coupler Height)

PROTOTYPE

56.500

5.500

1.156

1.125

0.688

53.380

N/A

54.530

 

1:12 Scaled Prototype

4.708

0.458

0.096

0.094

0.057

4.448

 

4.544

 

1 Inch Scale Standard

4.750
MIN.

0.505
MIN.

0.125
MAX.

0.140
MAX.

0.062
+/-.010

4.437
+.020/-0

4.690
+0/-.020

4.562
REF.

2.875

1:8 Scaled Prototype

7.062

0.688

0.144

0.141

0.086

6.672

 

6.816

 

1-1/2 Inch Scale Standard for
7-1/2" Ga. 

7.500
MIN.

0.750
MIN.

0.156
MAX.

0.187
MAX.

0.094
+/-.015

7.120
+.020/-0

7.440
+0/-.020

7.281
REF.

4.4375

H* - Top of Rail to Center-Line of Coupler.

All Dimensions are in Inches.

Standards for other scales can be found several places. Try these:

http://www.svls.org/ibls.htm

http://www.coloradolivesteamers.com/content/view/16/68/

http://www.geocities.com/jerecorr/iblsstandards/