Lionel culvert loader/unloader combined dimensions?

My Bethlehem Steel version base is 25 3/8" long and 10 5/8" deep when connected with the ramp.

Hope this helps.

Gary

Hmm...  I get 25 3/8" for the combined length, but the platform they sit on is only 9 3/8 deep, and they sit side by side perfectly.  Mine are the TMCC controlled Lionelville remakes, I don't know if the originals had different sized bases.

John:

It looks like the post-war versions are different sizes. 

I have two post-war culvert setups on the layout.  One is the 342 connected to the 345 and the other set is the 346 manual loader connected to the 342 and both sets measure 24 7/8” by 9 ½”.  I double-checked the measurements on the first one because they were different than what anyone else had posted. 

Bill

I have the Command Control pair from the late 90s. I get 9.5 X 25 too.

Peter

Peter, I think the 3/8" comes in when you add the ramp, the two are separated by a small gap for the ramp to fit.

Thanks for all the responses. I'm running FasTrack so I'd be looking for the more modern 342/345 variants. Planning to add a narrow shelf to the front of my 6'x10' layout to accommodate a spur wide enough to hold the culvert set. 

Fastrack doesn't fit into the TMCC versions, FYI.  There was a new one for 2011, I don't know if it supports Fastrack, but I presume it does.

I use the Transition pieces to go from Fastrack to tubular for the actual loading/unloading stations.

The new versions do support FasTrack just fine.  My brother has the Bethelem Steel version and uses Fastrack.  I wonder if that is why MrMoe50 had slightly different dimensions than did Gunrunnerjohn.  Slightly wider for wider track perhaps?

Makes sense, the Fastrack doesn't come close to fitting the ones I have, I'd need at least another half-inch wide cut in the base.

The depth I'm less worried about and I plan to buy it from my LHS so I'll be able to double check that it's FasTrack compatible. I can extend out 12" no problem. It's more the combined length I need to worry about. The plastic connecting ramp and ensuing gap make it hard to figure out the combined length from the catalog numbers (assuming those are even accurate!) Hoping to have enough room for both units and the #3356 horse/cattle corral accessory on this spur. That would give me 7 operating accessories plus two dumping bins for operating cars within my small layout and without things being too crowded. 

Yup, I am running Fastrack with my Bethlehem version as well.