Charlie and List,
For research purposes, that is so I can keep track of the buildings as they
move around and/or are built and razed, is there a gauge track smaller than
N ? I know the next size down is available but the cost is rediculous.
I've acquired track diagrams of Galesburg yard 1861 and in N scale this
works out to 6 by 10 foot. Does anyone have an idea where I would look to
find an affordable way to reproduce acceptable looking track and switches to
lay around the depot, roundhouses, shops etc.?
Bill Sellic has generously loaded me down with the N scale track, switches
and rolling stock to create early Galesburg. If I don't find a way of
scaling this down even further, I'll be forced to move one of the cars out
of the garage........ (again)
Thanks, Bill ----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Vlk" <charlie@k...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:34 AM
Subject: RE: [BRHSlist] Scale
> Dale-
> I had the opposite perspective. In 1965, I became frustrated because,
after
> getting an LMB O1a detailed for 4968 along with a Trains, Inc. NE-1, I
> realized that I would have to scratchbuild all the Q equipment to fill out
a
> decent sized freight between the two.
> So I decided to go into N Scale where my love for the Burlington would not
> drive me crazy with trying to model it....no way you could ever be tempted
> to model a specific railroad in such a tiny scale, right?
> Well, that lasted about five years. Untold investment in brass CZ, E5s,
> FTs, DZs, and development of kits for 9900, and now, manufacturing of mass
> produced business car "Burlington" and various prewar and postwar Budd
cars
> later.... I am back modeling the Burlington...in N Scale.....but not as
the
> primary interest.
> You are right about the train length... only problem is (thank God for my
> wallet's sake) so far we haven't been blessed with O5, M4, or S4 or other
> Burlington pattern steamers.
> I can't, in good conscious, propose them for mass production, but who
knows
> what conversion kits might happen in the future.
> Now I look at all the wonderful material available in HO to exactly model
> the Q.... and wonder if I was too hasty in jumping scales.....but I do
love
> the ability to build a linear railroad in N....and if I can't do a model
of
> Western Avenue Roundhouse in the 40's, it is some compensation to be able
to
> run decent length freights, even if they are Galesburg & Savanna Rwy.
> freelanced.
> Charlie Vlk
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