Some nice narrow gauge layouts in 009

[fred lundgren]

Although these are 009 not 0n30, they use similar equipment to Bachmann's cars (dump cars)

Totternhoe Railway 0o9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WLLFxrQ_ZM&list=PLucQAb-72I-RNIjBH9U79kbmNenwrlkn2&index=11

Lynton & Barnstaple Baldwin 'Lyn' in 009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH0G5PEqcPM&list=PLucQAb-72I-RNIjBH9U79kbmNenwrlkn2&index=39

[Anubis]

Another pair of nice ones, Fred.

The Lynton & Barnstaple Baldwin 'Lyn' was superb, in my opinion.

Loved the realistic steam whistles.....



John

[Skarloey Railway]

I like the design philosophy of the Totternoe Railway but there's a slight, but very understandable, confusion over its scale and gauge. OO9 (double oh 9) is OO scale (1:76) running on N gauge (9mm) track representing railway gauges from around 2' to 2'6" gauge.

O9 (oh 9) is British O scale (1:43) running on N gauge (9mm) track representing railways of around 1' to 1'6" gauge. Although rarer than railways of 2' and above gauge, 18" (as it was commonly known) was popular in engineering works and in ordnance depots. There were also a few railways that used equipment passed down from ordance depots, including this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Hutton_Light_Railway.

A few items of 18" gauge still survive, including Gwen which was exported to the US back in the 1960s and now lives in California.

[fred lundgren]

Thanks for the info.
So the first is O scale but 09  18 inch gauge and the second is OO scale 09 36 inch??

[Skarloey Railway]

Hi Fred.

You're half right. The Totternoe is indeed a model of an 18" gauge railway in O scale (1:43) on N gauge (9mm) track. That's based on the steam loco which was an 18" gauge design. You'll note the 9mm track gauge is actually too narrow and 10.5 mm gauge would be a lot closer. Unfortunately there's no trade support for 10.5 mm gauge in the UK.

The second model represents 1'11 and one half " gauge as that's what Lyn (of the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway) was built to. Again, that's a bit of a fudge as the accurate gauge would be close to 8mm.

Narrow-gauge modelling is full of these compromises.