Kinda like the third rail. You know it ain't right. Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 3, 2012, at 6:36 PM, "Tom Hawley" <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andre Ming > Bill said: > Andre, you work for a railroad, don’t you? Isn’t standard gauge 4ft 8-1/2in? > . . . . . . . . . . . >>>>>>>>>>>>> . > As if an engineer knows the gauge of his locomotives, and has to check every > track he them runs on to be sure it's the right gauge. Do you know the > distance from your curb to the curb across the street? You drive on it. > < < < < < < < < < < < < > . . . . . . . O gauge (at 5ft) is merely 3-1/2 scale inches too wide. >>>>>>>>>>>>> > And since half of that is on each side of the track centerline, the distance > that the O gauge rail is out too far compared to the side of a loco or car > is 1¾ inch. Some of you must have very accute sense of proportion. > > Tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
