Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site tty3b.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ulysses!burl!we13!tty3b!tag From: tag@tty3b.UUCP (tag) Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: Re: model guages Message-ID: <299@tty3b.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 14:59:46 EST Article-I.D.: tty3b.299 Posted: Thu Feb 9 14:59:46 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 05:33:10 EST References: <361@decvax.UUCP> Organization: Teletype Corp., Skokie, Ill Lines: 48 This time for sure! > Can someone give me (or the newsgroup) a summary of all known model > railroad guages? I'm moderately familiar with O, S, HO, and N, > but things like TT, OO, OOO, LGB, G, 1, and others elude me. > Stuff like scale ratio, track size, still in production > is about all I'm interested in. I don't have tracks size memorized, but a few years back I sat down with my new calculator and came up with some interesting numbers. At that time, these were the "popular" scales: O 1:48 which is 33% larger than S 1:64 which is 36% larger than HO 1:87.1 which is 37.7% larger than TT 1:120 which is 33% larger than N 1:160 which is 37.5% larger than Z 1:220 The mathematical progression intrigued me, especially the fact that alternating scales have large followings. I extrapolated in upwards. It seems 1:1 will never be one of the "biggies." Now that I've made my point, here's what I think I know about some of the others: OOO Early name for N OO 1:72 Popular in England and Evanston, Illinois. Q Runs on O gauge track, but built to scale. O gauge actually had wide track. If you're ever in Chicago, go see the Museum of Science and Industry. LGB G standard made before WWII, mostly. 1 Larger than O 2 Larger than 1 Happy Railroading! Tom Gloger AT&T Teletype Corporation Skokie, Illinois ihnp4!tty3b!tag -- Tom Gloger AT&T Teletype Corporation Skokie, Illinois ihnp4!tty3b!tag