Rooster_Ties Posted April 30, 2022 Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 N-gauge is the shit. My dad had a couple HO layouts when I was growing up (and long after), but I always thought the N-gauge set I occasionally saw elsewhere were just marvelous. There’s one even smaller gauge than N — maybe Z? — but it always seemed a little too small. N was just about perfect, to my way of thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted April 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2022 30 minutes ago, Rooster_Ties said: N-gauge is the shit. My dad had a couple HO layouts when I was growing up (and long after), but I always thought the N-gauge set I occasionally saw elsewhere were just marvelous. There’s one even smaller gauge than N — maybe Z? — but it always seemed a little too small. N was just about perfect, to my way of thinking. There are one or two gauges smaller than Z even! The big advantage of HO is the sheer amount of product, much of which is available inexpensively on the second-hand market. HO was overall a good trade-off between being small enough to build something substantial, but large enough to be able to see it without a microscope. That said, I have long been tempted by N gauge. Obviously, Chuck agrees with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted May 1, 2022 Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 19 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: So, no joke, I dreamt that Chuck had an N-gauge layout in the basement on a 4' x 8' table. He had a bunch of HO stuff boxed up. Chuck said he switched to N-gauge because you could get so much more in a 4' x 8' space. So you dream about Chuck. I wonder what Dr. Freud would say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 11 minutes ago, Brad said: So you dream about Chuck. I wonder what Dr. Freud would say I have all kinds of crazy dreams about this place. Both Larry Kart and Jsngry have appeared in my dreams also. I will also dream about non-existent threads, and then I will look for them the next day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted May 1, 2022 Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 38 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said: I have all kinds of crazy dreams about this place. Both Larry Kart and Jsngry have appeared in my dreams also. I will also dream about non-existent threads, and then I will look for them the next day! This place needs more dream threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 1, 2022 Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 59 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said: I have all kinds of crazy dreams about this place. Both Larry Kart and Jsngry have appeared in my dreams also. I will also dream about non-existent threads, and then I will look for them the next day! I'm flattered to have a place in your dreams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted May 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 Just now, Larry Kart said: I'm flattered to have a place in your dreams. I can promise you nothing inappropriate occurred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 I haven't seen mention of "standard" gauge. Amateurs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 7 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: I haven't seen mention of "standard" gauge. Amateurs! My train set was American Flyer S gauge. Is that what you mean by "standard?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 12 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: I haven't seen mention of "standard" gauge. Amateurs! My cousin, about ten or fifteen year older, left behind a train set from the 1930s that was at least twice that size. Might have been worth a fortune to some collector, but it never got set up and eventually was tossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 my father and I built a massive HO layout in my basement growing up, filled an entire large room. Had two separate mainlines and a mountain branch line, rail yards, locomotive facilities, industrial spurs -- the whole bit. Still have some of the custom-painted and modified rolling stock at their place in Texas (which is not where I grew up) but the layout is long gone. Might have a few slides of it but we were spending more time working on it than documenting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted November 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) You didn't miss anything this morning at the model train show, Chuck. It was two extremes: Sellers with overpriced stuff, and sellers who brought cardboard boxes filled with junk. I almost bought a Monon gondola by Tyco, dating from the Mantua period, meaning that it had a metal base and metal trucks, but the guy wanted $5, and the car was not pristine enough for my high standards. Anyway, the experience proved the old adage: Some days you need to go out and buy things for the layout, and other days you need to stay home and work on the layout. Edited November 12, 2022 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 Train shows are fun. I went to one a couple of years ago down in Edison. Not only was the hall big but it was packed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted November 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, Brad said: Train shows are fun. I went to one a couple of years ago down in Edison. Not only was the hall big but it was packed. Agree in general, but today's was a bust. There's one in a few weeks. I plan to check that one out also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted December 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2022 Chuck, you missed a great show yesterday. Lots of O gauge. As you know, I'm an HO guy. I really cleaned up; there was a dealer who didn't know what he had. The major scores included: Tyco red-box-era PRR light-up caboose, still in box, looks unused, $5. Mantua Western Maryland derrick kit in box, small detail parts still sealed in plastic bag, $10. (On the rare occasion that one of these shows up on eBay, it goes for at least $50.) Varney Aerotrain dummy locomotive kit in box, unbuilt, $10. I would have paid $10 just for the box, with that gorgeous illustration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted January 1, 2023 Report Share Posted January 1, 2023 The World in Miniature: A Model Train (and Plane) Lover’s Paradise in Hamburg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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