[Here’s another question regarding old stuff. Does anyone know of a source of 18" or 24" gauge mine track. I know Ed Alexander used to make it along with mine cars etc but not any more. Thanks for any help.
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JR:
Have a look at the Walthers catalog www.walthers.com it shows some listings which may fit your needs. If not,
hand laying mine track shouldn’t be too difficult.
Good Luck
Randy
Hi JR;
Standard guage Z scale track works out to between 22" and 22½" in HO scale. N scale standard guage track works out to about 31" in HO.
JR,
If you’re looking for mine cars to put on that track, some time back Model Engineering Works made an 1879 Mine Car, their item # 101. The kits were soft metal, so they would be better as static models. Can’t remember if the kits included pre-fab track. You might find some of the kits at a swap meet or you might check with Jay Cohen:
http://www.jaystrains.com
to see if he has any squirreled away. Also, you might try Emailing Gary Kohler m2fq@aol.com, who publishes the Maine 2-Foot Quarterly, to see if he has any suggestions about track.
Bob
You could look at using PECO’s 009 track - designed to represent 2ft gauge in 4mm scale, same track gauge as N scale. There are quite a few kits available to run on this from a variety of sources. 2ft gauge was used by most of the slate quarries in North Wales, so it’s got some mining “cred” and would be easy enough to turn into an operating feature - with a small loco ambling back and forth controlled by an automatic shuttle unit? Or even make it controllable by a human operator and include a loading siding where the mine’s output is transferred into standard gauge cars…
Which works out to 31" in 3.5mm (HO) scale, and 27" in 4mm (OO) scale.
I know the Brits inflated the pint to 20oz, but I did not realize that the foot had been inflated to 13½" [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
These are Welsh feet remember, not normal feet.[:)]
no offence to any welsh people, we shag sheep in scotland too![:D][:-^]