Hi All, I have overcome the dilemma of tracksize by removing the track........I am building road engine instead. It's mostly ali but still adding a few pounds each week. 30" long, 12"wide and 13" rear wheels. At the moment I can handle it myself but once there are more fixtures and fittings I will have to sort something out as they will be in the way. Going to make a stand soon to fix it so I can turn it over to work on any side I choose same as many of you probably have for the 71/4 beasts. At least I won't have to worry about derailments, returning to the track or finding suitable track....I'll just drive it anywhere (within reason). Julian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Walker" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 4:28 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Track guage > "Romulus" the first engine I built 11 years ago was man handled by me & my > wife & I knew we could'nt do that again, so I got my old boiler maker to > make me an overhead crane. It has been a god send. He said it would carry > 2 > ton. The small engines I am building at the moment (Sweet William type) > are > easy to pick up one end at a time when derailed,usually by splitting the > points when running in reverse. > > E.W. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clif Walker" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:42 AM > Subject: [modeleng] Re: Track guage > > >> >> Hi All, >> >> My favorite gauge is 5". >> >> I started in 3.5" but found it too small for ground level operation. >> >> I think 5" is ideal. Big enough to have a good hauling capacity, does not >> need watch making skills, a reasonable size to handle in the workshop, >> storage is not too much of a problem and getting it onto the track can be >> managed on your own or with a little help. >> >> Whilst 7 1/4" is nice, moving the locos at home and in the Workshop must >> be >> a problem owing to the sheer weight and size of the things. >> >> Regards >> >> Clif >> >> MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. >> >> To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, >> modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject >> line. >> > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1015 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1815 - Release Date: 27/11/2008 09:02 MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.