goutal@decvax.UUCP (Kenneth G. "Kenn" Goutal) (02/07/84)
Can someone give me (or the newsgroup) a summary of all known model railroad guages? I'm moderately familiar with O, S, HO, and N, but things like TT, OO, OOO, LGB, G, 1, and others elude me. Stuff like scale ratio, track size, still in production is about all I'm interested in. -- Kenn (...decvax!goutal)
tag@tty3b.UUCP (tag) (02/09/84)
This time for sure! > Can someone give me (or the newsgroup) a summary of all known model > railroad guages? I'm moderately familiar with O, S, HO, and N, > but things like TT, OO, OOO, LGB, G, 1, and others elude me. > Stuff like scale ratio, track size, still in production > is about all I'm interested in. I don't have tracks size memorized, but a few years back I sat down with my new calculator and came up with some interesting numbers. At that time, these were the "popular" scales: O 1:48 which is 33% larger than S 1:64 which is 36% larger than HO 1:87.1 which is 37.7% larger than TT 1:120 which is 33% larger than N 1:160 which is 37.5% larger than Z 1:220 The mathematical progression intrigued me, especially the fact that alternating scales have large followings. I extrapolated in upwards. It seems 1:1 will never be one of the "biggies." Now that I've made my point, here's what I think I know about some of the others: OOO Early name for N OO 1:72 Popular in England and Evanston, Illinois. Q Runs on O gauge track, but built to scale. O gauge actually had wide track. If you're ever in Chicago, go see the Museum of Science and Industry. LGB G standard made before WWII, mostly. 1 Larger than O 2 Larger than 1 Happy Railroading! Tom Gloger AT&T Teletype Corporation Skokie, Illinois ihnp4!tty3b!tag -- Tom Gloger AT&T Teletype Corporation Skokie, Illinois ihnp4!tty3b!tag
chaltas@uiuccsb.UUCP (02/16/84)
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uiuccsb!chaltas Feb 15 19:01:00 1984
further info:
G scale 1:22.5 (this runs on guage 3 track I believe)
LGB not a scale at all, but a brand name (Lehrmann Garten Bahn I think) It is G scale, but on a scale meter-guage track, using guage 1
It might be referred to as Gm (see February Model Railroader).
OOO this was an early form of N-guage, (British), but I think the
scale is actually 1:150, althought the guage is N (9 millimeters)
Micro-Ace (in Japan) presently makes some 1:150 models, which
run beautifully, and look ok with real N-scale.
OO The British version of this runs on HO-Guage track, rather than properly
scaled OO guage track. I believe the Evanstan people (I know of one, a
Mr. Temple Neiter occaisio,nally mentioned in Model Railroader) use proper OO guage track
George Chaltas