04-20-2014, 04:26 PM
I'm trying to compare one thing, and people are focusing on the "forty foot" bit. Narrow gauge is smaller, so what is the physical ration of an HO-scale box car to an HON3 boxcar of the same prototype dimensions.
I already know that standard gauge 40" boxcar is 40" x 10" x 10",weights 25 tons and can carry 50 tons, and it's narrow gauge counter part is 30" x 7'6" x 8', weighs 12 tons and can carry 25 tons. That's not what I am looking for. I need the ratio of size between HO scales - HO:HON3.
I picked 40' because that is the longest car my layout can properly handle. I could have picked any length and the question would still be the same.
Nobody makes N-scale period standard gauge cars - it's another instance of the manufacturers turning their backs on a specific market. You either do narrow gauge or modern because they say we have to. I say we don't have to. There is always another way.
I already know that standard gauge 40" boxcar is 40" x 10" x 10",weights 25 tons and can carry 50 tons, and it's narrow gauge counter part is 30" x 7'6" x 8', weighs 12 tons and can carry 25 tons. That's not what I am looking for. I need the ratio of size between HO scales - HO:HON3.
I picked 40' because that is the longest car my layout can properly handle. I could have picked any length and the question would still be the same.
Nobody makes N-scale period standard gauge cars - it's another instance of the manufacturers turning their backs on a specific market. You either do narrow gauge or modern because they say we have to. I say we don't have to. There is always another way.