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Hello all.

Sorry for my ignorance but I noticed after commenting in a post it was in the HONGZ forum. Just so I know for my future posts I create what topics go there? I know there are ongoing issues with posts being created in the wrong forums so I just want to make sure I'm using the correct forums. This particular post I commented in was about N scale trains.

Thanks

Brad

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The HONGZ forum is where only the best looking, most intelligent, most highly skilled, and debonair (loaded with "cool") of us hang out. You should be so lucky.

Rich said:

"Only 3-rail O scale uses the word “gauge” where the word “scale” should be used."

However, it's a bit late in regards to the name of "O Gauge Model Railroading" magazine!

 

(Sorry Rich, couldn't resist!    )

erdnA

@Rich Melvin posted:

It is HO, N, G, and Z  SCALE, not “gauge.”

Wouldn't be be useful to stick a description here?  I've personally been asked several times what that means, so it's probably not super obvious to everyone.

Note that most of the other forums have a description, even though the titles are probably more understandable than the one in question.

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@laming posted:


However, it's a bit late in regards to the name of "O Gauge Model Railroading" magazine!

 

(Sorry Rich, couldn't resist!    )

erdnA

I have OGR issues from way back - they were called "O Scale Railroading" at that time. I can't believe that I've been a subscriber for over 40 years - IS THAT A RECORD??

The name changed to O Gauge Railroading with Run 109, February 1990, as more and more 3 rail trains started to be included

The 'gauge' of all of these is the same but the scale of the models depends upon what size prototype is being depicted - some are Narrow gauge equipment, some are 3' scale locomotives and I believe MTH chose 1:32 scale as the usual G gauge track is the proper width for American prototype equipment albeit too 'large' in other dimensions. Please feel free to correct me here to clarify this as I'm working from memory!  Lol.

I display my USA Trains Hudson on 2 rail Gargraves as it appears somewhat prototypical for the American equipment. I cringe when I see a big steamer running on LGB type track!

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And let us not forget an inconvenient truth that original sizes (gauges) of toy trains were NUMBERED. There was, at least, #1 Gauge, #2 Gauge, etc. When trains got smaller, the next obvious and logical step was to name them "zero" gauge, which looks like this: 0.  Not like this: O.

And “double-aught” 00 or OO in Britain.  Although don’t say that O was originally “zero” too loudly in the other forums as a few folks might yell at you and say “IT’S OH, NOT ZERO!”

Even HO was originally H with a zero (H0) or “ha nul” in Germany… where it was invented.

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