> I raised this same question a few years ago <snip>
> Paul Schilling
Welcome to the club ! A lot of us are wondering the same thing.
> there didn't seem to be wide acceptance or even knowledge of it in the model
> railroad community.
Awareness of S scale is not very good to put it mildly.
> 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.
You could be right, however my recollection is that the NMRA might have wanted
the NASG logo to be removed from the gage. My recollection is very weak at
best. Regardless, that is not a hard thing to do and, if done, the S scale
track gage could be sold via the 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).
Yes, we are on the same wavelength.
> 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.
Could be. I really do not know about that. I do believe, however, that the
NASG really does not want the S scale gage sold by anyone else. Perhaps I am
wrong about that belief and someone with direct knowledge will explain the real
reasons why the NASG and the NMRA cannot work out some mutually agreeable
arrangement by which both organizations can sell the S scale gage. Would seem
to benefit everyone, I would think.
> Since then, I've heard nothing on the subject.
> Paul Schilling
Welcome to the club.
Cheers....Ed Loizeaux
www.Sscale.org
(an NMRA-affiated SIG)
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