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HO Narrow Gauge

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 15, 2003 7:13 AM
Hello Tony,

That's right. N standard gauge track is 9mm wide (hence the name for "N" scale), while HOn3 is 10.5mm.

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Posted by joseph2 on Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:14 AM
Hi.If you type HOn30 into the Yahoo search engine you should get some results.There are a few HOn 30 modelers out there.One of the difficulties is finding a N scale steam loco that runs good enough.
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Posted by adnelson on Friday, February 14, 2003 10:39 PM
Thanks Paul, I guess then that HOn3 would be a tad bigger at 36" and would not fit N gauge track.
Tony
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 14, 2003 9:30 PM
Hello Tony,

You're right, N scale track has the same, or almost so, width as 30"-gauge track in HO scale.

There were protoytpe 30"-gauge railroads, by the way, mostly in Central and South America, as well as Germany, but two were in California.

Regards,

Paul Schmidt
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HO Narrow Gauge
Posted by adnelson on Friday, February 14, 2003 4:00 PM
OK, I am a little confused. Which HO narrow gauge scale will fit on N scale track. I think it is HOn30, but am not sure.
Thanks,
Tony

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