The Dimension of Coaches

[scottmitchell74]

I have a tight squeeze on one section of my layout.  North American coaches won't work on my layout due to that tight squeeze. They are too long, and possibly too wide. What I'm wondering is, how do I go about finding the actual dimensions of a particular coach without having it in hand? Thanks!

[Karhedron]

Some stores such as Hattons show photos of stock alongside a rule to help you determine the length.

[steve836]

Another way is to "google" the prototype and work it out. Take the length in feet, double it and that's the length in mm. The couplings will add a bit, about 1cm.

[sparky]

Farish show the length is their catalogue for current locos coaches and wagons

[scotsoft]

I have a tight squeeze on one section of my layout.  North American coaches won't work on my layout due to that tight squeeze. They are too long, and possibly too wide. What I'm wondering is, how do I go about finding the actual dimensions of a particular coach without having it in hand? Thanks!

You could list the coaches you are interested in and ask the members, I feel sure they will have some if not all the coaches of interest 

cheers John.

[Parky]

In general

BR Mark 1&2   64'
pre-Mark 1 57'
BR Mark 3&4 75'

Anything more detailed than that might mean a visit to Wikipedia