Comments on: Narrow Guage Confusion? https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/08/narrow-guage-confusion.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=narrow-guage-confusion Model railroads and model trains Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Larry https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/08/narrow-guage-confusion.html#comment-407 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:49:05 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2009/08/narrow-guage-confusion.html#comment-407 Kind of a confusing question. Are you asking if N scale track can be used for HOn30? If so, the answer is yes, N scale standard gauge track at 9mm gauge is used for HOn30.
If you are asking for Nn30, there really isn’t such a beast. Nn3 uses Z scale track (6.5mm) to represent narrow gauge. Z scale track measures out to 42 N scale inches, a bit broad for most narrow gauge but the ability to use manufactured chassis for your locomotives instead of trying to build your own is a trade-off that most of us Nn3’ers are willing to live with.
There is now another commercially available scale called T, it has 3mm track which in N scale would be not quite 19 inches. It would represent 2 foot gauge pretty well in Z.

]]> By: Tim (Kalyr) https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/08/narrow-guage-confusion.html#comment-392 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:08:44 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2009/08/narrow-guage-confusion.html#comment-392 Nm. Uses z-gauge track, represents metre-gauge in 1:160, although it should be close enough for 3′ gauge.

Some (very expensive) European brass models available, using Marklin mechanisms.

]]>