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I am building my railings using 3/32 inch music wire and 3/32 inch ABS angles.  The stanchions are 4 scale feet, but 3.5 scale feet from the top of the catwalk.  The 3rd rail uses the same technique as shown in my second generation 3rd rail in my subway with the exception of the flat head screw.  Instead I cut the same material used for the catwalk as the 3rd rail chair.  I have yet to install the protection boards.

 

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How are the stringers connected to the crossbeams?

 

When I did my first el structure for a friend of mine out of (size 465, 1" by .25") lattice strip. I used machine screws through holes drilled through brass angle through the crossbeam, securing them with nuts. It made for an absolutely solid structure--it doesn't even notice the biggest steamers thundering across it--but pre-drilling all that brass angle took a lot longer than I anticipated.

 

---PCJ

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