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(...) You are absolutely right, Lar. According to largescale.com, there are 7 different scales that run on #1 Gauge track. LGB is 1:22.5, Aristo-craft is 1:29 (except their Classic series, which is 1:24, USA trains and Bachman are (I think) 29:1. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, there will always be those who collect to collect. But beyond them, buying and selling MISB is a way of guaranteeing condition of product. And there are those who buy a lot of discounted sets and sell them MISB to fund their habit, or (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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As a professional observer, I have noticed something. There seems to be a large segment of the LUG that collect MISB, un-opened sets, with the intention of keeping them this way. I am not trying to ruffle any feathers, just genuinely curious as to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:388CDC3B.3A3FC2...est.net... (...) ends up (...) proportioned. (...) leader of (...) track (...) rights we (...) If we went with strictly the track guage, then we will be destined to problems of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LL Trains (was Re:8 wide and bigger(was Re: 8 Wide)
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Jonathan Reynolds (<Fov6A8.HIq@lugnet.com>) wrote at 23:51:44 (...) ...And a bit wider is eight studs :-) I'm *definitely* going to try this soon. (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LL Trains (was Re:8 wide and bigger(was Re: 8 Wide)
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(...) wide (...) are (...) I checked out the smaller (UK) prototype train models at LL Windsor - they are 18 studs wide and were a job to count whilst the trains were on the move. This translates to 144mm wide - about right for an 8'6" to 9' wide (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LL Trains (was Re:8 wide and bigger(was Re: 8 Wide)
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John (and others, except James Powell who no doubt knows this already) You toss around "G Scale" a lot but unlike most other gauges, G isn't really just one scale. LGB is narrow gauge and thus is to a bigger scale (22:5 to 1??) than some of the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LL Trains (was Re:8 wide and bigger(was Re: 8 Wide)
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(...) Not really true. If you accept that the track gauge is 5 studs, then 3x5=15, which is the maxiumum proportion one should use (3x the track gauge is how wide the maximum normal load should be) For example, the SRRL #9 (2-4-4T was 7'3" wide, on (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LL Trains (was Re:8 wide and bigger(was Re: 8 Wide)
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(1:22.5 to around 1:32), according to my feeble-minded (...) 1:1 to 1:32. Not quite the smallest you can ride behind...Our current club newsletter (Vancouver Island Model Engineers) shows a O gauge engine hauling 2 people. There was a story 20 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Touché;) The only problem with 1 stud equaling 1.25 feet is that standard track gauge in North America is 4 feet 8.5 inches, and the gauge of our track is almost 5 studs, which would translate in a gauge of about 6'!! By rights we *should* be (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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