What Scale and Gauge do you run

[N Gauger]

Originally posted by jon-monon


Sheesh! and at what point, Mikey, did the boss put her foot down? And do you miss her as much as anticipated??? You've got more layouts than a lot of guys have engines! Breifcase, huh, I wondered what we do with z No Zn3??? hohoho

Well, Ya see, "Da Boss lady" puts it like this:

He can have trains all over the God D**M house BUT NOT IN MY OFFICE!!!!!!

So I put a 4" wide shelf around my Dining room walls about 5" below the ceiling (Running HO Shay). I have a 8' long 1 x 6 in the Living room (HO Franklin Mint & IHM GG-1) 2 tracks, and the G in the basement (3 levels).

The N in the Coffee table & The Z in the briefcase - are too small to count.

I keep the Standard gauge on a shelf in our Bedroom and The Engine is in the workroom in the basement.

So the Kitchen, 2nd bedroom, Bathroom & "Her Majesty's Office" are still unexplored territory. ROFL

Pretty good for living in the house for 10 Years eh?? - I've been building platforms & operating trains since 1984

~~ Mikey

 

[rich maiorano]

damm and I can't even get my n-scale up and runing mikey and jon you are not the only one around who needs meds rich

 

[N Gauger]

Originally posted by rich maiorano
damm and I can't even get my n-scale up and runing mikey and jon you are not the only one around who needs meds rich

Yeah, but remember we have you out-numbered. It took 3 of us to hang the HO in the dining room and 2 for the Living room.

The small ones I did by myself..

~~ Mikey

 

[jon-monon]

LOL

N-Gauger, you need to change your handle. Maybe all gauger. You da man! Take yer meds It's not that bad, and it keeps nurse Ratchet off yer back and you'll have nice dreams about hoppers full of LuisVille Sluggers!

Seriously, it's nice to hear what everyone is running.

 

[N Gauger]

Originally posted by jon-monon
LOL

N-Gauger, you need to change your handle. Maybe all gauger. You da man! Take yer meds It's not that bad, and it keeps nurse Ratchet off yer back and you'll have nice dreams about hoppers full of LuisVille Sluggers!

Seriously, it's nice to hear what everyone is running.

LOL - Yeah, but All gauger doesn't have a "ring to it"

The N Gauge layout we had from 1985 to '87 was where I got the moniker.

It was 12 X 10 - 120 ft of track, 16 switches (including a 5 ladder yard 5 Ft. long). 1400 ft of wiring, (we had a 4 x 8 Model board with all working detector lights and switch indicator lights.

It was awesome!! We could run 4 trains on it at once with regular MRC throttles.

~~ Mikey

 

[jon-monon]

Any of the new members not voted yet?

 

[upguy]

I have modeled in HO for many years, but early in 2000 I started an N-scale layout project and haven't spent much time with the HO since. (The N-scale layout is DCC; the HO is DC)

 

[t. alexander]

Originally posted by N Gauger




The N Gauge layout we had from 1985 to '87 was where I got the moniker.

I always wondered why you went by N Gauger but the pics i've seen were of G scale stuff.

I do HO standard gauge. And a "throttle's way up" 027 scale Chirstmas tree looper'

t.

 

[N Gauger]

Originally posted by t. alexander
Originally posted by N Gauger




The N Gauge layout we had from 1985 to '87 was where I got the moniker.

I always wondered why you went by N Gauger but the pics i've seen were of G scale stuff.

I do HO standard gauge. And a "throttle's way up" 027 scale Chirstmas tree looper'

t. [/B]

Yeah, that layout took the most time to build - Mostly because of the wiring. And it was the ONLY layout to have all 8 "Club Members" work on it.

It wasn't much in scenery, but it had a 4' 3" long N Scale Viaduct that the trains would climb up to get to the second level... It was awesome!!!!! LOL The track raised to 2.5" on a 4' long grade. Then it would enter onto the viaduct and climb another 2.5" on the viaduct.

~~ Mikey

 

[60103]

Who's the other OO gauger?
I'm modelling British OO scale on HO gauge track; I promised to switch to one of the scale gauges if they came up with wide gauge wheels for my SD40.
I've got a really weird toy gauge that I use for the Xmas tree train -- about 1". And I still have a bit of Lionel and N. Plus my HO stuff. (This should go in the Pack Rat thread)

 

[acshrpe]

I'm into N-guage, or I should say hubby & I are. It was his hobby before we got married and now we are setting the track back up. I want to do a replica of a N & W (former Wabash) switchyard that was located in extreme NW Ohio. That one will be a while down the road tho. Need to so some more research on it -- getting some conflicting info. But I have some good leads and only time will tell.

 

[N Gauger]

Hi, I was just resurrecting this thread for the people that haven't seen it. We have over 800 members & theis poll has 50 votes. C'mon guys & gals!! What scale do you model??

 

[clumber]

I've had a variety of gauges / scales over the years, start with
OO then N, then I've dabbled with 009 and HOm whilst still keeping my N. I also had an outdoor line in the backyard - refered to as 16mm. I'm now on HO.

My latest offering can be seen at
www.guildford-surrey.fsnet.co.uk/bkw

Thanks
Brian

 

[Catt]

. C'mon guys & gals!! What scale do you model??

Yeah,"N"quiring minds want to know

 

[txcavgr]

I model primarily in N, MEC/B&M.

I am working on designing a 2 rail O scale switching layout, hopefully for my new office.

I also model HO, and sold my basement (house) last year that had a 20x25 Austrian layout in it. When I can model Austrian again, I am also going to have a couple of narrow guage lines, HOe, on the layout.

 

[N Gauger]

Originally posted by Catt!

Yeah,"N"quiring minds want to know

Darn!! -- Wish I'd thought of that!! ROFL

 

[Catt]

Feel free to use it Mikey.

 

[RailRon]

Thirty-five years back I started out in N scale. Then I advanced to scratchbuilding cars and rebuilding locos.

When I was reading a book about the Maine two-footers, I was bitten by the narrow gauge bug. About the same time I discovered that there existed a wealth of detailing parts in H0 scale. (Do Kemtron and Cal-Scale mean something to you? )

So I switched to H0n2-1/2 (ok, today it's H0n30"), modelling Maine prototypes, and using up my N scale track and loco mechanisms. At that time Frary and Hayden were the gurus of that gauge. But then I saw a Westside C-16 and lost my heart to the Colorado 3-footers.

But then came family, job, computers ... and a 25 year hiatus to model railroading.

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But NOW I'M BACK!!!
And now I'm in H0 scale - both standard gauge (only a little bit of it visible, providing a connection to the wide world) and mainly H0n3 (connecting people and industries all over Trim Creek county ).

Ron

 

[K.V.Div]

I have been an N Scaler for 25 of my 31 years, although I started with HO for a 2 year period and I confess that I spent another 4 years during which time I again followed the path of the dark side.
Lately though, I have had the "Garden Spirits" tugging at me to build them a garden railway, now that I have a big front yard to put one in.
I already have an LGB loco and 4 cars, so I guess that I will have to start this summer.

Terry.

 

[TR-Flyer]

Hey!
Last time i voted the choice 2nd from the bottom wasn't there! Can i vote again? Twice?

Nuthin' but love Jon,.......

Ted