Distance of telegraph poles?

[106.| ritschie-z]

When building the telegraph poles, were there certain distances that were not exceeded?

[Deneh]

I am not a DEV, but I have been working on these ever since the build came out. The internet mentions 150 ft (40m) in rural areas and 300 ft (100m) in remote, but it varies by terrain. In game, I have been using 50m and it seems to come out quite nicely. the 100m distance doesn't seem to allow the "wires" to connect to the last pole.
I measure the distance and keep the poles straight by laying down a temporary track with no ballast. After I distance the pole from the last one, I remove the track and move on to the next one. All works well except sometimes the "wires" do not go where they are suppose to. Still trying to figure that one out. Other times the "wires" float out in space.

[106.| ritschie-z]

Thanks for the info. This is also my approach when building the telegraph poles. I agree with you that they are sometimes difficult to connect, rise to the sky or simply end up without a mast. The whole thing still seems to be a bit buggy. The height of the telegraph poles is also not high enough to cross a track; they are too short here. You have to put something back together that doesn't look really good.
You should also change the way objects are stuck to the floor in order to be able to adjust the height. You don't get a single board, for example, placed at the correct height of the railway sleepers of the switches.

[Kitsune Dawn]

If you're talking history? Not really, no. In the early days there weren't a lot of standardization. Generally, they'd string them long enough to keep the wires off the ground. It wasn't until around the 1920's when more than just one or two bars of wires were strung, that they had to go to some standard lengths. That was around 100 feet between the poles, though it was mostly dictated by how many bars (crossbars, up to 8 wires) there were. The more crossbars, the shorter distance between the wires.

[Shirley Transport]

Originally posted by Kitsune Dawn:

If you're talking history? Not really, no. In the early days there weren't a lot of standardization. Generally, they'd string them long enough to keep the wires off the ground. It wasn't until around the 1920's when more than just one or two bars of wires were strung, that they had to go to some standard lengths. That was around 100 feet between the poles, though it was mostly dictated by how many bars (crossbars, up to 8 wires) there were. The more crossbars, the shorter distance between the wires.

I love your replies to everything. I feel like I'm taking a late 1800's history course.

[Kitsune Dawn]

Originally posted by Shirley Transport:

Originally posted by Kitsune Dawn:

If you're talking history? Not really, no. In the early days there weren't a lot of standardization. Generally, they'd string them long enough to keep the wires off the ground. It wasn't until around the 1920's when more than just one or two bars of wires were strung, that they had to go to some standard lengths. That was around 100 feet between the poles, though it was mostly dictated by how many bars (crossbars, up to 8 wires) there were. The more crossbars, the shorter distance between the wires.

I love your replies to everything. I feel like I'm taking a late 1800's history course.

LOL, it's what I primarily modeled on my old model railroad.

[Shirley Transport]

Originally posted by Kitsune Dawn:

Originally posted by Shirley Transport:

I love your replies to everything. I feel like I'm taking a late 1800's history course.

LOL, it's what I primarily modeled on my old model railroad.

Even better! XD

[106.| ritschie-z]

Originally posted by Kitsune Dawn:

If you're talking history? Not really, no. In the early days there weren't a lot of standardization. Generally, they'd string them long enough to keep the wires off the ground. It wasn't until around the 1920's when more than just one or two bars of wires were strung, that they had to go to some standard lengths. That was around 100 feet between the poles, though it was mostly dictated by how many bars (crossbars, up to 8 wires) there were. The more crossbars, the shorter distance between the wires.

A historical question, right. I'm interested in how they were set up. I thought to myself that there were no standards at that time. As with so many things on the railway. The age of the pioneers. A rough indication of the approximate distance is sufficient.

[DishDoggie]

Kitsune Dawn aka John Ratzenberger aka Cliff Clavin okey dokey lol

[Kitsune Dawn]

Originally posted by 106.| ritschie-z:

Originally posted by Kitsune Dawn:

If you're talking history? Not really, no. In the early days there weren't a lot of standardization. Generally, they'd string them long enough to keep the wires off the ground. It wasn't until around the 1920's when more than just one or two bars of wires were strung, that they had to go to some standard lengths. That was around 100 feet between the poles, though it was mostly dictated by how many bars (crossbars, up to 8 wires) there were. The more crossbars, the shorter distance between the wires.

A historical question, right. I'm interested in how they were set up. I thought to myself that there were no standards at that time. As with so many things on the railway. The age of the pioneers. A rough indication of the approximate distance is sufficient.

I can tell you how I set it up on my photo route, if you're interested.

So, when I set mine, I put them at the edge of the ballast when using the taller groundworks, or about four feet to one side of the track. Whichever looks best. I alternate some lean to them, since it looks better. As for distance between them, I will walk forward when placing them, and do a simple 1 or 2 count before putting them down. This way I get a bit of randomness, and a relatively short distance between them. It actually looks quite nice. When I near structures, or close clearances, I'll simply 'dog leg' over to the opposite side of the track and continue on.