From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:quarles
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Title: Re: Re: HO scale query - (nf)
Article-I.D.: ucbcad.148
Posted: Thu Dec  9 16:09:01 1982
Received: Sat Dec 11 08:24:59 1982

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ucbcad!quarles    Dec  9 16:08:00 1982


	What is HOn3 and HOn2-1/2?  I saw these in an issue of Model Railroader.

These are terms used for referring to narrow gauge railroads.  A
standard gauge railroad is (I think) 4 feet 9 1/2 inches center to
center between the rails, and standard HO scale models this
with rails spaced 1/87 of this distance (approx. 18.7 mm) apart.
HOn3 is a model based on a narrow gauge prototype with a 3 foot center
to center rail spacing.  Similarly, HOn2-1/2 models a narrow gauge prototype
with a 2.5 foot center to center rail spacing.