Talking T Gauge

DJdeTrainman · Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 93 Location: New Jersey, USA

I have started a new topic where we can continue any discussion of Thomas the Tank Engine in T Gauge, so fire away.
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D.J. (Now also Other David, since Mr. Smith was here first)

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-Silence is golden...
...but the noise from T gauge must be at least a bronze.

oztman · Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Posts: 34 Location: Sydney, Australia

I really must have been out of touch with the whole Thomas thing for a long time - I didn't even know there was a narrow gauge! What gauge would it be in T? Two millimetres? Shocked

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Gary
Z scale, but very curious about T - and who knows?

DJdeTrainman · Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 93 Location: New Jersey, USA

I believe you must have just overlooked it, they were some of the original trains in the Railway Series books. You know, Peter Sam, Skarloey, Rhenaes...

... anyways, that is a good question, but as far as I'm concerned, the differrence would not be much more than the give in the track. Laughing

Actually, narrow gauge for them was supposedly 2' 3". Who's first to build dual-gauge meter-gauge track? Shocked

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D.J. (Now also Other David, since Mr. Smith was here first)

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-Silence is golden...
...but the noise from T gauge must be at least a bronze.

B 67 · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:08 am Post subject:

Don't forget there was also the "Small Railway" which was based on the 15" gauge lines in the UK. Ravenglass and Eskdale I think, rather then the better known Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch.

That would have to be under 1mm gauge in 1:450 scale. Shocked

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TBA · Joined: 08 Sep 2008 Posts: 120 Location: Massachusetts

Throw in some broad gauge and you can have a fun triple-gauge yard. Very Happy

Seven-foot broad gauge has been touched upon in The Famous Railway Stories series of books, but I don't recall which book.
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Brian Austin

DJdeTrainman · Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 93 Location: New Jersey, USA

Just a thought, but perhaps we should start practicing hand-laying track before even considering triple-gauge track, because we might be waiting an awful long time for Eishindo to come out with anything like that. Also, I seem to recall a recent Thomas story where they rode the narrow-gauge like a roller-coaster, could that be done in T Question

Probably could w/ their magnetic wheels.
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D.J. (Now also Other David, since Mr. Smith was here first)

http://www.trainweb.org/mccann/offer.htm
-Silence is golden...
...but the noise from T gauge must be at least a bronze.

David K Smith · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:17 pm Post subject:

DJdeTrainman · Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 93 Location: New Jersey, USA

That's great, just playing with simple ol' Thomas and already considering quadruple-gauge track...

...and that is only triple in OO gauge! Anyways, I like the idea posted on the product thread, of "Box-Size"-ing them, just so they run on 3mm track, no matter what the scale is, as long as it doesn't look too out-of-place.
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D.J. (Now also Other David, since Mr. Smith was here first)

http://www.trainweb.org/mccann/offer.htm
-Silence is golden...
...but the noise from T gauge must be at least a bronze.

TBA · Joined: 08 Sep 2008 Posts: 120 Location: Massachusetts

Ha--thanks for posting that picture. I had it in mind when I posted above, not remembering the precise context of the scene modeled.

Note the old method of track construction.

Getting back to Thomas and his friends, there are websites dedicated to the history of Rev. Awdry's "Famous Railway Series" of books, along with the trains and incidents that inspired them.

I grew up with the books, and have a love/hate relationship with the modern TV series.

I think the brightly-colored liveries of the Sodor locomotives would stand out in this scale.
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Brian Austin

DJdeTrainman · Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Posts: 93 Location: New Jersey, USA

... the colors would go perfectly with the 103s!
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D.J. (Now also Other David, since Mr. Smith was here first)

http://www.trainweb.org/mccann/offer.htm
-Silence is golden...
...but the noise from T gauge must be at least a bronze.