Scales and Gauges Part 5. O Gauge or O scale? 

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Thanks Jim!

Yup. The O stuff will not run on the O27. But the O27 trains will run on either.

Thanks again Jim!!

You too!

Thanks. It’s weird. Complicated. Fun.

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Lol!!

We should. Hard to keep “track” of them.

Hi. Yup Proto 48 is “best” if you want to model 1/48 scale. Or model 1:45. But now narrow gauge is wrong. And structures are wrong. But the difference is so small. Easy to just say oh well. Or as you say model HO.

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Yup that Pete.

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Thanks for that!!!

Boy it’s so complicated. So many scales and gauges.

SMO Tuesday. Three rail the following Tuesday. 1:43.5 the following Tuesday. Proto 48 up next. Then on to S.

Yup. For credit.

Show on that coming soon

Yup. Three rail. But good reasons Lionel did that. And now so many are just “stuck” with it.

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Not yet… soon!

Many subways/metros/underground have a third rail. Having overhead wires in tight tunnels is problematic. The London Underground uses a four rail system. This comes from having cast iron tunnel linings on some of the oldest parts. The running rails are not part of the electrical circuit as they are not sufficiently isolated from the metal tube.

And a few of the street rail roads used a center rail as the third rail. The third rail had to be recessed into the pavement so that no one could touch it! But this was much easier than having a third rail off to the side which of course would be impossible on a street rail Road. The most famous of the systems was the trolley system in Washington DC

To funny!!!!

Either it is broken or the user is to lazy. Love Dale’s hill Billy accent!

Pour moi le pouce il est en bas tellement c'est déplorable désolé pas envie de faire l'effort de parler anglais !!!

@@christophelecorre7902 Mais oui!

@@christophelecorre7902 Et malheureusement, mon Français est vraiment terrible! La seule fois où j’ai pu parler Français d’une manière quelconque que les gens pouvaient comprendre lequel j’étais vraiment ivre!

That’s the plan.. as soon as we figure it out.

We have a show coming on just that

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@@ToyManTelevision EXACTLY!!!🙃

So much to say about G!! Or #1 gauge. Why 1:29? Why 1/2”? Why 1:32? Or so much there.

Yup. Next Tuesday.

Well… yup. Tuesdays show…

Hi. 3 foot 6 is tricky. 42”. In 0 scale it’s .875”. S gauge is .885”. So very close. And while S is generally thought of as American Flyer there are fine scale examples. In HO it’s .48”. The old TT scale uses a gauge of .472. Super close. But hard to find mechanisms or trucks. But it can be done. As for Nevada Northern no work yet on the new line. They are focusing on locomotives just now. But soon…

@@ToyManTelevision Thanks for reply! S gauge my choice for building a narrow gauge layout along side my O gauge layout. As a kid some of my school mates had S gauge American Flyer, while I stuck with Marx & Lionel. Can you give me sources where I can obtain unpainted locomotives steam Pacific's & Mike's, also passenger / freight rolling stock. A source for decals most help full ! My plan the transition era from the Newfoundland railway to Canadian National 1949 - 1952-53.At this time steam locomotives were completly painted/ renumbered CN , but passenger / freight equipment a mix of both roads. have plenty of black/ white photos, but some color photos of passenger RS still NR colors/ #'s. I have copies of both roads number system. I totally agree those steamers top priority. No doubt business will BOOM when line extension completed! Got your outdoor engines tucked in side your garage for the winter? GOT to shoot at least one video of your repaired rotary clearing the track!!!

Yup. 1:48 scale. 30” gauge. Only issue is most of the 30” models are based on 36” prototypes. But there were some 30” railroads. So it is accurate for those.

Well that’s about 4 weeks off. We will show a great Proto 48 layout. The gauge is 1.177”.

I have larger feet.

but isn't the third (electrified) rail usually on the outside of the rails the wheels run on, and not centered between them? I seem to remember this on the subway in Washington DC. The third rail ran on the side opposite the platform to minimize the chance of electro-frying any waiting passengers. The flip flopping of the third rail meant it wasn't always on the same side thus the locomotives needed two pickup shoes.

@@davidwayneprins I'm sure it is, I've never seen a third rail down the center. That being said I've never seen a steam engine that was run on electricity. 3 rail systems actually have way more advantages than drwabacks. Primary is the ability to make a reversing loop. Try that with a 2 rail system and see how much fun it is.

Hi. But in a few cases it was in the center. We will show one a week from tomorrow. Washington DC. Some of the track is still in! We saw some in Georgetown. The center rail is just below the street to keep people from being electrocuted. Not sure if that was ever a problem but under the right circumstances the voltage would be at street level! Only if it malfunctioned. But…

Oddly we’ve seen both. The world is weird.

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A week from Tuesday. BUT it’s three rail Lionel but smaller trains. Just a bit. Often called “sports models”. The key is the track has tight 27” curves and the smaller locomotives can navigate those.