Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!friedman From: friedman@uiucdcs.UUCP (friedman ) Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: Re: model narrow guages - (nf) Message-ID: <5532@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 22:29:14 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5532 Posted: Sat Feb 11 22:29:14 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 04:43:49 EST Lines: 15 #R:decvax:-36000:uiucdcs:20600006:000:639 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) /* ---------- */