Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
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"Gauge" was once used almost universally where "scale" would have been the correct term.? You can go to the beginning of Model Railroader magazine and observe this.? This gradually changed.? The exception is toy trains where "gauge" is still used as "S Gauge" or "O Gauge" (and sometimes "G" gauge).? High Rail (Hi Rail or Hirail) are under "O Gauge" but involve scale size equipment, scale structure, usually good scenery, with the distinction that the rail is too "high".? (And for O gauge, it will be 3-rail.)
I created these info panels for a Boy Scout merit badge class we occasionally have at the local railroad museum.
 .?? Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer
On Friday, June 21, 2024 at 08:38:27 AM PDT, Lindsey Neas via groups.io <getitbronco@...> wrote:
Mike,
? ? ?I can't resist responding to your restatement of the question.? "There's far more available in scale S than most model railroaders realize.? That said, when it comes to building a layout, operating and building kits and scratchbuilding, S occupies that sweet spot between O and HO.? It allows for far more layout than in O and almost as much as in HO.? Mechanical and operating problems are more easily dealt w/ than in the smaller scales.? And, if you like to build, whether it's scratchbuilding in brass or styrene, kitbashing or building kits, it's the perfect size."??
? ? ? In other words, I'd stick w/ the script.? Titman, Wade, Schumacher, Bortz et al had it right 50-plus years ago.?
Lindsey Neas Route of the Eagles?
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