Harry, you build a 3.5 track and I'll be GLAD to help lay track and drive spikes, etc. Al --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: [modeleng] Re: Track guage > To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 1:23 PM > In a perfect world I would prefer 3.5"ga, for all the > usual reasons, and the fact that there were (are) so many > attractive designs and castings available for 3.5"ga. > I have always been perplexed though by why there was never a > 57XX Pannier design published in 3.5"ga, condsidering > the popularity of both the locomotive and the gauge. > > However, in the imperfect world in which I live the only > track facilities anywhere within reasonable driving distance > are 7.5"ga., hence my current project is 7.5"ga. > Whether that one will ever be followed by another in > 7.5"ga I don't know, the next one will be in > 3.5"ga and I'll worry about where to run it when > the time comes. > > Cheers, > Harry > > -----Original Message----- > >For those of you that build or run locomotives, what > guage(s) do you prefer? > > 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. 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.