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MTH buys S-Helper Service, enters S gauge

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Posted by lionelsoni on Monday, June 4, 2012 10:43 AM

Seven-eighths inch is 42 inches, or 3 1/2 feet, in 1/48 (O) scale, not 40 inches.  This is a very common prototype gauge around the world, particularly in Japan, Africa, and New Zealand, but, except for the San Francisco cable cars, not so much in the US.  If it were 40 inches, that is very close to 1 meter (about 39 3/8 inches) which is even more popular worldwide and even less popular in the US.

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Posted by stebbycentral on Monday, June 4, 2012 8:12 PM

lionelsoni

Seven-eighths inch is 42 inches, or 3 1/2 feet, in 1/48 (O) scale, not 40 inches. 

I told you I don't do math on Monday morning. Big Smile

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