Hello Mike, I raised this same question a few years ago on the list after I purchased an S scale track gauge but wondered why there didn't seem to be wide acceptance or even knowledge of it in the model railroad community.
As I recall, at that time the response was that the S scale track gauge had to be administratively approved by the NMRA in order to be officially recognized by NMRA. With that official recognition would presumably come wider recognition (e.g., it would be included in pictures of and articles about track gauges where now only O, HO and N appear and might be more generally commercially available). I was also told that the NASG was responsible for taking and completing the necessary action vis a vis the NMRA. As of that time, however, NASG had apparently not completed the action. Since then, I've heard nothing on the subject. Paul Schilling -----Original Message----- From: Shur-Way <[email protected]> To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Feb 18, 2013 5:46 pm Subject: {S-Scale List} Qestion about the NMRA & S scale I was wondering why the NMRA does not have track gages like it has for the other popular scales in S? It was during the conversation at the end of the operations session last night of a large HO layout needing 8 or more to operate. Just a couple people knew me and the scale I model in. During this conversation I mentioned to the HO guys in jest that if the kept watering and feeding their trains vitamins they will grow up. The reason for the joke was because we all were having problems reading the numbers on the car sides during switching. The conversation turned to what my scale was? “3/16ths”. Several asked if they could come over and check out S. So it was very apparent that they we re unfamiliar with our scale which lead me to thinking on the way home about the NMRA (all these guys are members of), GAGES and promotion by that organization in general for S. It seems that the NASG is in the game all by itself. Is it because the NASG makes the track gages the NMRA doesn’t? I was just thinking that may need to change. Mike Swederska
