Hi Butch; In general, the answer is no. most narrow gauge cars are lower, shorter and more narrow than standard gauge cars.
There are the following exceptions: Most arrow gauge cars you would find in model form are similar in size to standard gauge cars of around 1870. However, they have more modern details and construction than cars of that time period. Some cars, mostly tank cars and some steel flat cars, were converted from standard gauge to narrow. In the case of the tank cars, the main change was narrowing the running boards, so these cars can be converted back to standard gauge relatively easily. These are the ULTX and "GRAMPS" tank cars that ran on D&RGW lines. East Broad Top RR regularly transferred standard gauge cars to narrow gauge trucks at it's interchange and transferred them back back for the return trip. Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 10/4/11, up148 <[email protected]> wrote: > I should know this answer, but don't, > so I'm throwing out a dumb question. > > Are Sn3 freight cars built to the same the physical > dimensions as S standard gauge only sitting on smaller > (narrow gauge) trucks. > > I know Sn3 is narrow gauge and the prototype cars tend to > be smaller physically than standard gauge cars, but if I > find a Sn3 car that fits my railroad needs can I put > standard gauge trucks on it and it will be dimentionally > correct for standard gauge? > > Thanks in advance. > > Butch ------------------------------------ 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/
