Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!ima!haddock!johne From: johne@haddock.UUCP Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: Re: model narrow guages - (nf) Message-ID: <61@haddock.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Feb-84 23:43:29 EST Article-I.D.: haddock.61 Posted: Mon Feb 13 23:43:29 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 06:37:14 EST Lines: 11 #R:decvax:-36000:haddock:15300005:000:357 haddock!johne Feb 12 23:46:00 1984 The 2, 3, and so on refer to the track guage of the prototype being modeled, expressed in feet. For example, an HO model of the D&RGW would be described as HOn3. (The "n" is for "narrow".) Some folks model 2-foot guage lines in HO. N-scale track scales out to 2 1/2 feet in HO, which is a convenient compromise. Hence, HOn2-1/2. John Ewing