Correction... I should have checked... Sn2 uses HOn3 track (and mechanisms).
Darrell --- In [email protected], "Darrell" <darrell.ev.smith@...> wrote: > > Earl, > > Your supposition on designations is correct. Modern modelers use a > convention that gives scale first (N, HO, S, G), followed by a letter > designation (n for narrow, w for wide) followed by a size which designates > gauge (2 = 2', 3 = 3', 6 = 6'(usually in feet but occasionally in inches)) > with a few vairants thrown in. For example HOm is HO scale meter gauge. But > generally, in our case, Sn18 is 1/64 18" gauge, Sn2 is 2' gauge, Sn3 is 3' > gauge, Sn42 is 3'6" gauge (commonly using HO track!), Sw5 would be 5' gauge, > and Sw6 would be 6' gauge. Those modeling in Sn2 can often use N scale > mechanisms. Whether or not they use N standards is a question, as it is > "close" but not exact for 2' in S scale. Perhaps "close enough". You would > need to ask someone who models in Sn2.... > > I won't get into Proto: scales here, but generally the Proto: designation > merely indicates the scale used and that it is to those standards. Suffice > it to say that someone modeling in Proto:64n3 is not using the same standards > as someone in Sn3. > > Hopefully this is not TMI > > Darrell Smith > > --- In [email protected], tennsgauge@ wrote: > > > > I very much enjoyed the utube video of this Sn2 narrow gauge module in > > operation. But it made me realize how little I know about narrow gauge in > > S > > scale. > > > > I have long heard of Sn3 but not Sn2. Is Sn3 modeling a 3-foot gauge and > > Sn2 modeling a 2-foot gauge? Or do these designations imply something > > else? > > > > - Earl Henry, Nashville > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 2/19/2012 6:13:19 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > LeeRainey@ writes: > > > > > > > > > > "This is a great looking layout. Is this the Sn2 layout that displays at > > the Amherst show in Springfield? > > > > Jim Martin" > > > > Jim, yes it is. Two of members -- Gary Carmichael and Frank Knight -- > > tested the waters at Amherst this. We're planning that there will be even > > more > > of our modules there next year. > > > > Lee Rainey > > part of The Sn2 Crew > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
