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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by n2mopac I have to admit that while not usually a stickler for these kinds of things, this interchanging of these terms annoys me. Here is why. In scale modeling worlds, guage (the distance between the rails) should always be the same (4' 8.5") unless otherwise specified as some narrow or other unusual distance. Thus, technically, N "guage" and HO "guage" are the same in their respective scales. The difference in the actual distance between the rails of N and HO track is a difference in SCALE, not guage. Ron [/quote]I think you and I may on the same page, but here is a simpler explaination, GAUGE refers strictly to the track gauge and only the track gauge. The term SCALE refers to the relationship in size between the model and the prototype.
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