Right on Ted!
Bob Werre
T Larson wrote:
> I'
>
> Some list members seem to think that AF is not S scale, or that Hi-Rail
> is not S Scale. Look at The Dispatch, volume XXXI, Number 6, back cover
> (you ARE an NASG member, right?). AM advertises that they make "S scale
> freight cars", and "S scale steam engines", and they show photos of
> items that have AF compatible (hi-rail) wheels and couplers. The SIZE
> of the engines and freight cars is S scale (1/64th scale, 3/16" per foot
> scale), regardless of which style couplers and flanges they have.
>
> Also look inside the back cover. The cover of the AF instruction book
> refers to "3/16" scale trains". It looks like we have it straight from
> AC Gilbert, AF considered their trains to be S scale. The use of SCALE
> here appears to reference the SIZE of the trains, not the level of
> accuracy of the details on the train or the layout.
>
>
> --
> Ted Larson
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