Hi Tim;
You've lost me on this one. I gather your plan is to
recycle old AF trucks onto O toy bodies? Nearly all
hi-rail trucks today are the same as scale trucks,
just the wheels are different. What you propose would
make an odd combination, either semi-narrow gauge O
scale or oversize cars running on an S scale layout.
What scale buildings, people, details do you propose
to use?
It is worth noting that some older O-27 trains were
proportioned closer to 1/64 scale than 1/48 and such
cars have often been converted to S scale use, most
notably the Lionel double door boxcar ("Baby Ruth")
and the Industrial Designs ATSF caboose. K-Line
brought out their whole line of former Marx O cars on
S trucks but I don' think too many people on this list
had any use for them.
There is nothing really "wrong" per se with using the
current production high rail equipment on SHS or Tom
Stoltz code 125 track, but using Kadee 802 couplers or
even Kadee O scale couplers in place of the Flyer
compatible "claws" if that is what you prefer. Such a
layout would not be unusual, and would require a lot
less work (and probably look nicer) than your
suggested O cars/S trucks combination. As long as your
track base is good the smaller couplers should not be
a problem.
On an earlier topic, there would not be anything at
all wrong with a freelance "White Pass" as a standard
gauge line. Copy the scenery you like from the White
Pass, use the CDS "White Pass" lettering on whatever
equipment you decide your std-gauged version bought in
place of the real narrow gauge engines and cars and
have fun!
Pieter Roos
--- Tim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To everyone,
>
> Thank you for all the terrific advice and insights!
> I now think I
> understand the dilemma of tying to operate a mix of
> vintage high-rail
> with new scale - there just isn't a universal
> turnout that will
> accommodate both reliably.
>
> To my eye, the height of vintage rail is not nearly
> as offensive as
> the height, width and spacing of it's ties. So I
> could easily live
> with spiking down code 148 rail to scales ties.
>
> Similarly, the size of high-rail trucks is not quite
> as offensive to
> my eye as the claw-like couplers are. I may be
> crusin' for a
> bruisin', but has anyone tried mating high-rail
> S-gauge trucks to old
> O gauge freight bodies and replacing the truck claws
> with chassi-
> mounted Kadees? Seems to me that if one were to
> model a contemporary
> line, the over-sized freight cars could fit in and
> make the high-rail
> trucks seem a little more normal. Is this a good
> idea or a train
> wreck?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim Brown
>
>
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