I know some people model on30 to model 3ft gauge or also 2ft? while others just model 30inch gauge. Just wondering what people do what?
I model mostly Colorado 3ft gauge stuff in on30 but im also starting on a Main 2ft gauge switching layout.
3ft ET&WNC, but I am going to do a freelanced RR on a 3ft gauge, 2ft gauge, or just 30in guage, what ever I am in the mood for, On30 works out for any modeler in the narrow guag range. ;D
1890's Colorado narrow gauge in On30.
Royce Wilson
After I sell off some more O scale [standard size] I will be modeling ON30 logging and mining. I also have a FN3 carpet central railroad going.
Bruce
I model a fictional branch-line splitting off from the old Chili Line in northern New Mexico. Runs from Espanola into the Jemez Mountains ca. 1951. It's On30, not On3, but close enough for my tastes.
Jim
I am currently making a logging an mining layout loosely based on operations in west verginia. Possibly conecting with the B&O somewhere like the Elk river NG railroad did.
Maine 2-footers..
converting On30 models, that are based on Maine 2-footers (like the Forney, and "maine style" rolling stock) to On2.
Scot
WOW! nobody models the OR&W and we have so many of those freight cars :o
Royce Wilson
Quote from: Royce Wilson on June 14, 2008, 03:57:53 PM
WOW! nobody models the OR&W and we have so many of those freight cars :o
Well, im close. So I could if I wanted to.
I model California "common carrier" 3' narrow gauge...but I can't commit to 1903 or 1938/39 ;)
Colorado Narrow Gauge. I am thinking about doing C.1915 but have not commited on the time.
Take notice Bachmann there is 4 Colorado/New Mexico style, 2 minning/logging and only one each of Main California and Eastern.
Quoting Scot:
"Maine 2-footers..
converting On30 models, that are based on Maine 2-footers (like the Forney, and "maine style" rolling stock) to On2."
Dear Scot,
How hard are these conversions to do? Does Bachmann (or any other On30 manufacturer) anticipate such a conversion by making it any easier for you to do?
Sincerely,
Joe Satnik
Free lanced Australian 30 inch gauge line.
Inspiration is from various Australian narrow gauge railways, in particular the Victorian Railways 30 inch gauge lines and two Queensland "tramways", the 30 inch gauge Buderim Tramway and the two foot gauge Mapleton Tramway.
I say "inspired by" rather than "based on" as I have taken ideas from these lines and adapted them to suit my space and available equipment. For example both the Buderim and Mapleton Tramways had Shays and used them on mixed passenger and freight services and on passenger excursion services. Although the Shays were not the same as the Bachmann Shay I regard the Buderim and Mapleton services as sufficient justification for using the Bachmann Shay on such services on my line. (There was a 42 inch gauge Shay in Australia that was very close to Bachmann's model.) Period is 1930s.
For anyone interested here are some references to the lines that have inspired me:
Buderim Tramway www.buderim.com/tramway.htm (http://www.buderim.com/tramway.htm)
Victorian 30 inch gauge lines: www.members.optusnet.com.au/~narrow.gauge/index.htm (http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~narrow.gauge/index.htm) and www.puffingbilly.com.au/ (http://www.puffingbilly.com.au/)
Mapleton Tramway: www.starfieldobservatory.com/MapletonTram.htm (http://www.starfieldobservatory.com/MapletonTram.htm)
Hamish
Pretty much a freelance narrow gauge shortline, the Pennsylvania Mountain Line, in the PA mountains handling some lumber and local freight with some passenger service thrown in for good measure.... ;D
I model 1930's era mining and common carrier 30" gauge in the Big Bend region of Texas and Chihuahua.
Rio Grande Northern-common carrier from the mining region up to Marathon, with connection to the T&NO.
Chisos Mining Co.-Company owned mining road
Terlingua Tramway-18" mining tram
David Coates
I just run my small amount of 0n30 stuff on my Sn3.5 ( 1/64th, sn42, s, NZ64 etc, what ever you want to call it) New Zealand bush tram railway. Goes just fine. Trees are trees in any scale. !!! ( Really must convert a Rivvarossi Heisler into On30, 'cos Bachman aint going to do it in On30 and I have already have done 2 in 1/64th) ;D ;D ;D ;D
Hi there from across the Atlantic...
There´s Colorado Narrow Gauge on a O/On30 Layout, which I would call the "big one". Actually the 50ies and 60ies.
And there´s the "small one" with a Logging Line, Northeast of the States, with a New England Theme, not actulally Maine yet - but we´ll see..
Cheers, Tom
The Cumberland Point Railroad is a 30" narrow gauge railroad that runs through the hills and farms of the Western End of Kentucky in the 1930's. It's not well known, but connects the river town of Cumberland Point with the LP&SW mainline. The location is not really eastern, not that southern, and not so much midwestern. And the boss has been known to bring back odd railroad items from his "fishing trips", like that trip to Maine a couple of years back, so the rolling stock can be a bit eclectic. Right now the boss is "fishing" in Brazil, so there's no telling what he's found.
Short answer: Southeastern US freelance.