Australia struggled with three national gauges,narrow, standard, and broad (Irish) which at 1600 millimetres is five feet-three inches. I had a chance to see the broad gauge equipment when visiting the Australian National Rail Museum in Adelaide last year. I can tell you that standing on the ground beside the broad gauge equipment, that track gauge looks r-e-a-l-l-y wide. I felt like an O scale figure standing next to inch-and-a-quarter track.
Jim Martin ________________________________ From: Andre Ming <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 3, 2012 9:44:26 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: A Blessing and A Curse Bill said: Andre, you work for a railroad, don’t you? Isn’t standard gauge 4ft 8-1/2in? If so, O gauge (at 5ft) is merely 3-1/2 scale inches too wide. No wonder we've been derailing lately. Ah well... brain farts happen. (I thought O gauge rail was wider than that.) Andre Ming ----- Original Message ----- >From: Bill Roberts >To: S Scale >Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 1:25 AM >Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: A Blessing and A Curse > >> Sun Sep 2, 2012 11:26 am (PDT) . Posted by:"Andre Ming” fox36x >> >>> Sun Sep 2, 2012 8:37 am (PDT) . Posted by:"John Albee” johnalbee03 >>> >>> The other point regarding 2 rail O "scale" is that it is 5ft broad gauge. >>> Always bothered me. >> >> I understand completely. It's only 6" too wide, but an O scale model just doesn't look "right" on the wide track. The proportion is off by a half-foot... and it IS noticeable to some. . . > > >I do agree that O scale just doesn't look “right”. >-- >Bill Roberts, Receiver >San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. > >* * * Notice to travelers * * * > >Unattended children will be given an expresso and a free puppy. > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > Traditional > > (Yahoo! ID required) > > [email protected] > > > >
