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From: friedman@uiucdcs.UUCP (friedman )
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: model narrow guages - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 22:29:14 EST
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uiucdcs!friedman    Feb 10 08:52:00 1984

The number refers to scale feet:  e.g., HOn3 is HO scale, narrow gauge track,
3 scale feet track gauge.  Remember that the scale is the ratio of distance
on the model to distance on the prototype; gauge is the distance between
rails of the track.  In model railroading, we tend to use the terms
interchangeably, but they are not.

/***** uiucdcs:net.railroad / decvax!goutal /  7:11 pm  Feb  7, 1984 */
I frequently see references to guages like HOn2, HOn3, TTn3, etc.
I gather that they refer to narrow guages somehow related to the
obvious major guages.  But how?  What do the 2, 3, etc mean?
-- Kenn	(...decvax!goutal)
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