Came across this in the Baltimore Examiner.
Bet putting the cars on the tracks is a real bear!
First of all, hello, I am new to the forum (and hobby).
I recently visited a LHS and saw plenty of N-gauge material, including some Z-gauge stuff. I was amazed…
Main reason I no longer run N gauge:
I used to have a cat named Lucifer that actually ATE a Santa Fe 0-6-0 switcher off of the layout.
The same cat decided to use her head as a battering ram against a Lionel 2026.
The cat was given to a “safer” household.
On an O gauge layout, N scale trains look great as kiddie rides. I’ve seen several O gauge layouts employ N scale in just that way.
Jim
And some guy tried to tell me his amps were louder because they go to eleven.
I just saw a photo in Linn Wescott’s book on model railroader John Allen of a joke Allen tried with trick photography showing an 1:400 scale model railroad. Looks that this would dwarf that. Wow, look what I found: http://gdlines.com
I’ve got news for you…“N” will not fit in a 2x4 INCH space, and neither will “Z” (feet, yes). Joe
Joe,
You are correct about N gauge as it is small but not that small! Have seen it at local hobby store a few times, it is just too small for me.
Lee F.
N gauge is WAY too small for me. And they usually dont have any features like lionels do. Its just not as good of a model railroad experiance.
I run my Lionel trains and I also model N scale. I know N scale is small…but not that small.
Stan.
I think that most of you missed the point of the original post as it was a givin that the wording was wrong in the add all though there are indeed micro layouts in many scales one I belive was a Z scale switcher that ran on a quarter and apiece of rail the quarter acted as the other rail was cool.
If I can’t see it, it just isn’t worth the effort…[:-^] and believe me this is small enough!!!
Yes CSX you are correct! I know how big N gauge is, I was amused by the typo of a layout 2 inches by 4 inches
I will have to do a search to find that pic of the coin/rail setup it might have been a dollar coin now that I think of it I am pretty sure it was a link on Thors webpage
Amen, bruddah! My eyes are getting worse by the day. Tough getting old. [8D]
Jim
N gauge 2 foot x 4.5 foot would work. There was a Z gauge layout that have been built into a standard men’s hard shell breifcase. The guy like his trains so much he couldn’t go anywhere without them. The lid had the storage comparment for the rolling stock/loco’s and the pwoer supply was carefully hidden under part of the scenery with a port in the side for the power plug to attach. I doubt he would get through todays airport security checks.
The record for the smallest layout/train set is proably the one that was made as a micromachine, aka etched into a silicon wafer. While there was a lot of whimsy involved in doing this, the real purpose was to demonstrate the capabilty of micro transport systems using this type of technology. You literally needed a microscope to see it [:)]
I recently saw something similar to what you described. These images are from an online store that sells “briefcase layouts.”
lol, you can sneak your layout to work.