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How wide is a G-scale Gondola and a Flat Car?

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Posted by piercedan on Monday, April 30, 2007 6:20 AM

The Aristo classic line is 1/24, and the snow plow attachment makes the car very wide. plow blade is 4 5/8 inches wide.  LGB mogul with bear trap smoke stack is 8 inches from rail head.  Some Bachman 4-6-0's are taller than this.

 

I allow 5 1/2 inches for my tunnel width and 10 inches for the tunnel portal height to rail head. 

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Posted by Tom The Brat on Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:52 PM

Again, it depends on the scale.

Aristo are mostly 1:29, except for the Classic series that's 1:24.

The 1:29 cars are just under 4 5/8 wide.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:42 AM
I was thinking of a commercially manufactured model such as Aristocraft.
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Posted by cacole on Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:12 AM

The size is going to depend on the scale of the item and whether or not it is regarded as standard or narrow gauge, and other factors.

A 1:20.3 scale flat built from a Northeast Narrow Gauge kit, for example, measures approximately 4.5 inches wide.  A 1:29 scale would probably be narrower.  And are you asking about a commercially manufactured model such as AristoCraft or a kit such as those sold by Northeast Narrow Gauge?

As you can see, the closest answer you're going to get will be only an average.

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How wide is a G-scale Gondola and a Flat Car?
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:18 PM

I would like to know so as to see what I can carry for my crazy idea.

Thanks

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