Narrow, standard or broad?

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Narrow, standard or broad?

Narrow gauge
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Standard gauge
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Broad gauge
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More than one of the above
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Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by Killian Keane » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:50 pm

It occurs to me that pretty much all our regulars on here model narrow gauge of one sort or another, so I was wondering, how many people model standard gauge or broad gauge in the garden?
As a side note 2.5" gauge in 16mm scale or 3.5" in 7/8" scale represents 4' gauge which allows modelling of the Saundersfoot railway, Redruth and Chasewater railway and the Padarn Railway
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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by Big Jim » Mon Sep 04, 2017 12:01 am

Narrow for me but a 16mm scale model of the Saundersfoot engines (bulldog especially) could be tempting.
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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by IrishPeter » Mon Sep 04, 2017 5:15 am

There is always the possibility of Irish Standard Gauge lurking in the background with me. On occasion I have been heard to wonder what might have happened if someone had adopted transporter wagons for an Irish 3' gauge line, especially as ISG wagons were not usually all that large - 18' by 8' seems to have been pretty common c.1920. More usually my thoughts are confined to an odd ISG siding or wagon to represent where the traffic comes from.

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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by Dwayne » Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:47 pm

3 foot narrow gauge, 1:20 scale... or as I prefer... 1:20n3 :)

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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by tom_tom_go » Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:59 am

I like the idea of Gauge 3 featuring somewhere on my line but it is very expensive and I can never find info for loco size dimensions.

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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by Lonsdaler » Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:11 am

Dwayne wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:47 pm 3 foot narrow gauge, 1:20 scale... or as I prefer... 1:20n3 :)
That would make me 1:16(give or take)n2 :lol:
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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by Peter Butler » Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:05 am

I like quaint, quirky, obscure and unique, which I think describes narrow gauge perfectly. My entire railway model-making history has concentrated on narrow gauge in 7mm and 16mm scales (and Emetts) simply due to the availability of basic components such as track and motorised chassis.
However, if I had any engineering skills at all I could easily have been tempted to model broad gauge, which also could be described in a similar way.
I was once invited by Mike Sharman to operate his brilliant broad gauge layout at an exhibition, that was an experience never to be repeated, unfortunately.
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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by FWLR » Fri Sep 08, 2017 8:15 am

I love Narrow Gauge and the more I am involved in it, the more a sway away from my other gauge...

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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by artfull dodger » Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:11 am

I love seeing Gauge 1 in the garden, the high cost(espically live steam and Marklin Euro engines I love) and needed huge curve diameter needed make it a non starter in my small back garden. My is slightly larger than most UK gardens, but has other family items like an above ground pool and its deck. So my allowed railway space is small, about 12 foot by 15 foot in size in total. I am using less than this right now, but plan to use the remaining space once funds allow me to get the wood to build the larger loop off the main raised table. Narrow gauge, the ability to be its own railway in its own right. I think Tag Gorton has some of the best reasons that 16mm narrow gauge is so popular. I have the same engine he started with, a Merlin Mayflower, a model of nothing in particular. But she captures the "narrow gauge" look so well, some would say one of the best engines to pull this off in 16mmng. I do not feel the need to "follow" a certain prototype as my railway is its own prototype just as Tag's is. Most standard gauge lines I have seen are basicaly just big loops of track, where as many narrow gauge lines are more of a point to point, some with return loops, some might be a loop but can be operated like a point to point when desired. And thats the point, operated. Trains run for a reason, moving slate, peat moss, coal and such from one point to another. I have seen one that the owner hauled his fruit crop from the trees to the house in several LGB 2 axle gondola wagons behind one of the LGB French 0-6-0's. Narrow gauge just has that charm that fits so well in the garden! Mike
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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by Killian Keane » Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:04 am

Like most people here I am primarily interested in narrow gauge, but if I may make the case for 7' broad gauge, its not all 'North Stars' and 'Lord of the Isles', imagine say, one of the small E B Wilsons that built the Holyhead breakwater pulling some ancient 4 wheelers along a backwater branch line somewhere
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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by FWLR » Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:53 am

Am i dreaming or is there something similar to this in 16mm....

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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by Peter Butler » Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:54 am

Is it my 16mm scratch-built TPO you have seen on my thread Rod?
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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by FWLR » Fri Sep 22, 2017 12:51 pm

Thats it Peter. :thumbup:

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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by FWLR » Fri Sep 22, 2017 12:51 pm

Just love your builds Peter. :thumbup:

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Re: Narrow, standard or broad?

Post by Killian Keane » Fri Sep 22, 2017 5:02 pm

FWLR wrote: ↑Fri Sep 22, 2017 12:51 pm Just love your builds Peter. :thumbup:
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