clearance for sharge track cleaner

[javelin]

Hi There
Not sure where to put this , but seeing as it is a problem relating to clearances under baseboards I thought this would be the place to put the timely warning!!!! Basically when designing your under baseboard clearances do not have any cross bracing with a very limited headroom. I have storage loops under my main station and so as to ease the gradients I had limited clearance on the storage loops, this was okay until I was bought the Sharge track cleaner and although a superb piece of kit it is foul of the loading gauge due to the filler on the top of the tank so I now have to cut pieces out of my bearers to clean the track with the wagon, oops!!

[Bufferstop]

Although that's a solution for an out of gauge wagon, it's better to allow clearance for the huge out of scale hand needed to retrieve derailed stock.

[javelin]

Hi Bufferstop
The only place an out of gauge hand gets stuck is where the cross bracing is and unfortunately that is where the track cleaner gets stuck, basically what I was trying to warn about was limited clearances ie.....low bridges , low station canopies etc.