Now this thread is so sad I can't find anywhere else to put it.
I was recently at a preserved railway line in the South (no names) and I was looking at their new track that was in use for passenger trains, and guessed that their sleeper spacing had been stretched to at least 3' apart. It looked a bit odd.
What, I wondered, is the "correct" or standard sleeper spacing? Does it depend on rail weight, line speed, degree of curvature of the track, etc
I have just spent an hour on google and know a lot about garden design with second hand railway sleepers, but nothing about track design. I have tried search words such as sleepers and ties, track and permanent way but cant find a clue other than a hint that timber sleepers could be 2' apart.