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The Holy Grail of Model Railroading (Now with pictures)
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Lotus098</i> <br /><br />One other question. How do the scales work? What is 1 1/2 scale compared to 3 3/4 scale? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I was looking at that. That model turns out to be a narrow gauge engine at that scale on that gauge of track. Proportionally it is more than double the size, meaning that cars would most likely need to be scratch built from the trucks up. It will certainly have more power than an inch and a half version. I'm not sure how much that one could pull, maybe 4 or 5 cars with one adult each. Grade is going to make all the difference. <br /> <br />The more interesting question is, how do you ride it? It is almost too large to straddle. Does the engineer have his feet in the tender with a seat toward the back? Perhaps he rides in a car behind, and uses a long handeled shovel to stoke it. One other potential problem I see is it may be a little unstable because of it's high center of gravity and relatively narrow wheel base. <br /> <br />I didn't see a price list, I wonder how much? <br /> <br />I just read the description more carefully and saw that it is a 2 foot gauge model. Looking at that front view drawing, it would have to be about 9 or 10 scale feet wide. That is around 36", meaning cars would be open top, ride inside. Engineer would probably sit on the tender's water tank, leaving nice leg space, and room for a coal bucket. Maybe extended controls. Some club layouts may have clearence problems for this engine, widthwise. <br /> <br />[/quote]This still doesn't answer the scale question. Is 1 1/2 = to 1/8 scale, just a guess? If not what scale is it and how can you tell? Thanks for the warning on the size I will check this out before making any plans to get one. I too would like to see a price list, but the model won't be available for about a year. Perhaps it would look similar to one of these, it is much wider than you would expect, and this picture came from the mystery photo section of Train Mountain's website. http://www.trainmountain.org/ShowImage.aspx?Title=Photo%20Album&SubTitle=<br>Sweet%20Creek&Image=./Images/PhotoAlbum/Year2000/IBLS/SweetCreekF.JPG&Credit=<center><i>Photo%20by%20Jim%20Morgan</i></center>&Text= I could not find on the rules of operation a limit on the size of equipment, I guess I will just have to talk to someone before I look at buying one a year from now. In fact Mark Flitton from Caldwell (fairly close to where I live), who appeared in the Train Mountain special on RFD TV, is grading his backyard for his own railroad.
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