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    Anybody up for 1870's Erie Broadgauge in Scale55

    O scale track (1-1/4"(32mm)gauge) equals 69" in 1/55 scale. I found this picture and printed it out to Scale55.



    Interesting possibilities, anybody up for a definite off-the-wall project. No, I am not going there.

    Harold
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    There is a small but dedicated 'Brunel broad gauge' faction in the UK, but I have never heard of anyone modeling either the Erie's 6-foot or the 5' 6" that was used in Canada and Maine in the same era. If anyone does Indian sub-continent broad gauge to HO scale, they could share driveline parts with the latter group.
    James

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      Harold O gauge track is too broad for O gauge to be proto at 5 foot, it has to be close to 6 foot in 55 whatever.

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        The Erie was six foot.

        Harold

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          Oregon had a early 6 ft gauge line on the Columbia between Hood and the Dulles as I remember. Plus some of the early D&H was 6 foot gauge.
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            Some of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western was six foot.

            Harold

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            • #7
              quote:

              Originally posted by hminky

              Interesting possibilities, anybody up for a definite off-the-wall project. No, I am not going there.


              No, me neither ... I'm already busy with my current Scale55 mission!

              Now, someday off in the way distant future, it might be cool to do some of the broad gauge pole-road logging operations ... but I suppose that would have to be battery-powered ... cuz it's so dang hard to wire the logs!
              Cheers,

              Dallas



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              • #8
                When were the gauges across the USA standardised? I seem to recall is was soon after the civil war.

                There are some people modelling the Isimbard Brunell designed, 7 foot gauge GWR in 0 scale (1:48 on this side of the water so 42mm gauge track). That was a cool gauge. It would have been great to have standardised on 7 foot gauge rather than the small 4'8.5" (but it makes our models more manageable).

                Modelling an early (pre-standardisation) interchange yard with 6', 5'8.5" and 3' gauges interchanging would be cool.
                Built a waterfront HO layout in Ireland http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22161 but now making a start in On30 in Australia http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=52273

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                • #9
                  Standardization was 1886, the Erie in 1881.

                  Harold

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                  • #10
                    The Wikipedia page for the European & North American RR (Maine - New Brunswick) doesn't mention the gauge, but it and the St. Lawrence & Atlantic (original builder of the Portland - Canada line that now uses the name again) were built to 5' 6" to match early Canadian construction. Several connecting branchlines built to the same gauge. IIRC (from books that most libraries threw out 30 years ago), standard gauging was piecemeal, and certainly started before the original Grand Trunk changed over in 1873 (again per Wikipedia).
                    James

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