Does anyone MFG 30 inch or 24 inch gauge trains for S Gauge Track ?

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Hi,

Does anyone Mfg 30 Inch Gauge or 24 Inch Gauge Trains for S Gauge Track ?

Trying to find a Train size more suitable for my Apartment.

The 2 Foot Gauge Trains on O Gauge track might still be a Little too Large for my Apartment.

Smaller but not too Small. On30 is a little too small for my desires.

Sold off most of my G Gauge Trains after selling off my House & moving to an Apartment.


Thank you,

Norman
 
That is a very positive no. S is a very niche thing in UK, somewhat more common in the USA but I have not seen any products over many years of reading Model Railroader. You may find Gn15 meets your needs better. Many fine small modest layouts built to the scale with some kits available for stock in UK.
 
Jon dunnyrail dunnyrail echoed my thoughts exactly.

There is a forum member from down under who does Gn15 - is it GAP GAP ?

The advantage of Gn15 is the availability of track and loco mechanisms. It would involve some kit building of rolling stock but again, there are plenty of suitable wagon chassis.
 
Rhinochugger said:
Jon dunnyrail dunnyrail echoed my thoughts exactly.

There is a forum member from down under who does Gn15 - is it GAP GAP ?

The advantage of Gn15 is the availability of track and loco mechanisms. It would involve some kit building of rolling stock but again, there are plenty of suitable wagon chassis.
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Plus figures are ok and he has experience of the scale.
 
Rhinochugger said:
Jon dunnyrail dunnyrail echoed my thoughts exactly.

There is a forum member from down under who does Gn15 - is it GAP GAP ?

The advantage of Gn15 is the availability of track and loco mechanisms. It would involve some kit building of rolling stock but again, there are plenty of suitable wagon chassis.
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Not guilty your honour.
Maybe contacting this person may be of some help he is in Aust, may have to join the forum to contact him.
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GAP said:
Not guilty your honour.
Maybe contacting this person may be of some help he is in Aust, may have to join the forum to contact him.
platform1mrc.com

Ticino spaghetti harvest Gn15

Hi folks, I have started building a new micro/mini layout called Ticino Spaghetti Harvest. In 1957 the BBC Panorama program, a bastion of integrity in...
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Ticino Spaghetti Harvest Gn15 9

Another overview of entire layout from other end
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I wondered if I'd got it wrong - is it Gavin Sowry Gavin Sowry perhaps?
 
GAP said:
I find it hard to visualise my 1:20.3 shay running on HO size track.
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Did the Lima company manufacture any to run on 18" gauge track? Probably not. They did make some 2ft gauge ones, but they would have been physically smaller I suspect.

I think the best modern examples of extreme size locos on small gauge track are the ex-South African Beyer-Garrets used on the WHR. That's an impressive overhang :giggle::giggle:

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and this is what replaced them in SA

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Gn15 is an entirely different beast, generally using modest sized layouts and 15inch trains with lots of detail. A believable line was built in around a foot square envalope.
Look at this one below from around 2.54
 
Rhinochugger said:
Did the Lima company manufacture any to run on 18" gauge track? Probably not. They did make some 2ft gauge ones, but they would have been physically smaller I suspect.

I think the best modern examples of extreme size locos on small gauge track are the ex-South African Beyer-Garrets used on the WHR. That's an impressive overhang :giggle::giggle:

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and this is what replaced them in SA

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You might be betabed to learn that there is actually one of these locos here in UK, imported buy business person Madison Dolby of Yorkshire, England in 2022.

It is intended to run it on 2ft track. There are a couple of models of this Class 91 loco available here in UK, one in 16mm from Bowater - clue - it's HUGE - the other in something a lot smaller, possibly 009.
 
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I still hanker after a 'submarine' (LYD2) to run on 32mm gauge track..
That will be quite big enough for me.

PhilP
 
tac foley said:
You might be betabed to learn that there is actually one of these locos here in UK, somewhere in the Midlands, imported by a young lady who runs a metal-something business. It is intended to run it on 2ft track. There are a couple of models of this Class 91 loco available here in UK, one in 16mm - clue - it's HUGE - the other in something a lot smaller.
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I've always had a hankering for an SA 91 - both offerings are actually 16mm as opposed to my 15mm:1ft

There's a Worseley Works etched kit, or Bowater Models laser cut wooden version. They'll run on my railroad OK, and get through the Warren girder truss bridge ...................... my problem is space in the shed :oops::oops: oh, and the wallet :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
 
I just remembered that I have an acquaintance in Nepean/Ottawa who models exclusively in S scale. I can arrange to put him in touch with you if you are interested in finding track although I bleeve he makes his own.

I don't know of anybody else in Canada, though.....................

Don't mind me pointing out that you've already had us leaping around trying to help you - remember last Saturday?

tac foley

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PDF Models produce some very nice lttle locos, but my hat goes off to Boot Lane works - their products make up into stunningly good models that can be enhanced with the use of the many after-market details from SLR [3D resin printed], and Loco-Box - etched brass and other materials.

If you can't get ahold of Garden Railways in your part of Canada [our local mega-book-store, part of the giant Quinte Mall in Belleville ON used to have it], send me your address and I'll mail you a couple of copies of recent issue.
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