Hi Tom; Most HO uses code 110 wheels, same profile as S Scale, on code 100 or code 83 rail, same height as ours. Their cars are lighter, and the gauge narrower, but both those factors work against the smaller scale.
The proportion of the flange to the scale of the car doesn't matter, both HO and N have the same or smaller flanges as S. Flange to rail size might, but really only if the rail is too small for the flange. In the end, if you are depending on the flange depth to keep stuff on the rails then your trackwork is too rough. If HO and N can do it, there is no reason we can't if we want to (and more easily). Pieter E. Roos --- On Fri, 2/25/11, Thomas Stoltz <[email protected]> wrote: <SNIP> > Could it be that the H0 and N "scale" equipment has what we > would consider > Hi-rail flanges? I think maybe it's the size of the > flanges (in proportion > to the truck size) rather than the size of the rail. > I know N is nowhere > near scale and I don't think you see any P87 portable > layout at shows. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Tom Stoltz > > > > Tom's Turnouts & Trackwork > Maine S Gaugers > NASG > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
