Model Trains - N Gauge Show Part One

[Weslake500]

Great video Mark at a good show very well filmed, a big thanks

O,OO,N,ON30 etc etc some people are never pleased. All model trains so whats to moan about?

[Santafeindian99]

@qwerty3000able you probably need new tracks it happend to me a few times and its supposed to take that long to steam up its warming it up

[qwerty3000able]

i need some help

i have my own Ogauge railway and my locomotive keeps stoppin on some parts of the track and some times it take longer than the 2mins to steam up, i have also taken up all the trank to level the whole plan again and the loco keeps stopping

and i love the layout behind u :)

[leeham991]

Am I the only person who wants to hug the tiny tiny trains?

[karelfromholland]

Goodlooking lay-out !!

[avlisk]

Here's what I take from this discussion: In the UK, you start from track gauge and put whatever scale you desire on it. Here in the USA, we start from scale, and adjust the track for standard, broad, or narrow gauge from there. At an N scale show here, you'd be hard pressed to find any scale other than 1:160, and any gauge other than the standard N gauge track. I hope that's some useful information to this discussion.

[avlisk]

Thanks MrR. So, do I assume an HO scale train running on N gauge track wouldn't be welcomed at the N gauge show because it's really an N scale show? Now, I need to sort out which N scale we're talking about. Here in the USA, we use 1:160 for N scale, but other places use a different scale. And then there's all the large scales! Even O scale is different, depending what country you are in. It's tough keeping track. In fact, I'm going mad thinking about it. 

[chrisbuxton1958]

@avlisk no such thing as n scale; only n gauge, 9mm, the scale is whatever you want, 2mm to the foot for standard gauge approx.

[CSX6000]

@chrisbuxton1958 Gauge is the distance between the rails, which in 9mm. Scale is the size of the equipment.

[MrRWJP]

@avlisk I would imagine not, as HO is 4mm scale, and N is 2mm. The British outline layouts you see (eg Quarrybank Mainline and Kings Park) are in 1:148 scale, which is the UK standard N Scale

[avlisk]

A point of clarification: Do the Brits use the terms "gauge" and "scale" interchangeably? Everything presented here seems to be N scale. To that end, can an HO scale train running on N gauge track be included in the N gauge world of this group? Thanks in advance for your info.

[MrRWJP]

@avlisk In general we seem to use N Gauge to refer to N Scale... Everything is marketed as N Gauge.

So when we say N Gauge what we mean is N Scale Locomotives and Stock, on N Gauge Track.

[rwhitenight]

Bloody beautiful it is :-).

[EMOBOY12344]

i have the loco at 0:24 its such a nice loco looks great pulling anything =-D

[EastMidlandsSteam]

@EMOBOY12344 A Battle of Britain southern light loco you mean?

[Amatersaru1]

@EastMidlandsSteam yeh:) i wasnt sure on the name of itXD love it tho!

[Spookoyuko]

You can never have enough N.

[NN2Blue]

Great stuff!  A pleasure to watch 5* Mike

[gentarion]

great 5*****