O-gauge: 1/4 inch to the foot. R Gauge (Real Gauge) 12 inches to the foot! How many of you operate on your O-gauge layout equipment that in real gauge you rode or ran? Rich Melvin, for sure, assuming that is he has an O Gauge 765.
I've had the great fortune to ride a lot of trains, and also for a 10-year period was a volunteer engineer at Baltimore's B&O Museum. I'll be sharing some of my "run, rode, and ran"s here. Hopefully others of you who are or were engineers will share yours as well. Also, share if you had a favorite train you rode and now run in O.
First; B&O RDC-1. Real: 9913, O- Lionel 400.
Back in the 1960's, single unit RDC's were common between Baltimore and Washington. I rode one each morning from Riverdale to Baltimore in 1966-67.
When I built my first layout in the 1980's, B&O #400 had to be on it.
During my time as engineer, 1991-2001, RDC 9913 was restored to operation. What a treat to be able to run a car similar to what I had commuted on daily almost 30 years before!
Of course today, the RDC 1 remains an important part of my layout.
The idea for this thread came to me after Alex M sold me the Western Maryland F7 #236. More on that later, but how about others? What do you run in O that you rode or ran in real?
