Hello everybody can anybody help I have a few questions if I stick to GL5 wheel standards what is the widest measurement I can have from the inside of the rail to the face of the check rail. And what would be the narrowest I could make the flange way at the frog. Would it be any problems in make aga...

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thank you very much for your feedback I realise the fish plates needs to be loose to allow expansion and I would also like to ask please is there any information on how the sliding expansion joints were constructed.
Thank you very much
David Roberts

Hello Holger thank you for your reply but this is saying the opposite to my understanding of aluminium rail. Butting in the joints together would make things much easier PNP railways has a lot of experience this is very interesting thank you very much.
David Roberts

Hello Dave thanks for coming back to me and I think the way forward is to alter my wheels to comply with GL5 standards. Coming back to the question of the Gap between the ends of rails could somebody recommend a book or literature of some kind covering this topic of track building using 16mm alumini...

Hello my name is David Roberts I'm new to GL5 and it's my first time to enter anything on this forum I'm interested in 5" gauge steam I'm hoping to build a small garden raillery using 16mm aluminium rail I've started building a small locomotive and I'm hoping to finish it but I only started it 36 ye...