Has anyone seen the new Classic Toy Trains. They are making catenary out our Code 100 rails. Someone should tell them off![;)] I just want bite there heads off. I can’t belve it. This is just so crazy.[;)][:D][:p][8D][:)]. Opps maybe i shouldn’t have said that for anyone who models in O scale.[B)]
Most O scale traction fans use the same lightweight wire that HO scalers use–in fact, HO scale traction folks typically use castings that are more appropriate for O scale, including trolley wheel castings and frogs. I’ve seen very old trolley layouts where the trolley wire was represented by a thin but definitely rectangular strip of metal bent to match the curves of the track.
Code 100 rail, though, jeez, that’s just wrong…sorry, I’m too much of a detail freak for that. Hell, I spent two hours today looking at traffic development survey diagrams just to figure out where some spurs were located on the prototype I model…
The article was about higher speed mainline trains with pantographs, GG-1 and alike, not straight pole, street type trollys or traction. And yes, by scale standards it was rather crude, but by toy standards, it was a rather clever idea. The article was more of a simple how to for people who like the look of overhead without all of the time and detail to create it.
I do 3 rail O, and have been reading CTT since day one, and own a copy of every issue published. I don’t take offense at a certain amount of joking about “toy” trains, there are some rediculus aspects to their apperance. But everyone should remember that toy trains have been around alot longer than scale trains, and that scale trains were once a novelty.