I know there is more then 1 of you but that's all that have votes so far... What Scale :tb-nerd: :tb-nerd: :tb-nerd: :tb-nerd:
G scale rocks! And I'm just getting started. Don't have a layout but I'm in the dreaming phase for now. Happy Railroading! GovB
VOTE Then please go to the " What Scale" topic and vote for this scale... :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:
I consider stuff like On30 to be a part of O-scale, and I consider Gn15 & F-Scale to count as G-Scale, so I don't see why not.
g is for great especially outdoors I would post more but find this layout a bit difficult plus adding a picture or not being able to add a picture easily is also tiring but the site is brill and lots of interesting stuff here for sure is there a way to get rid of those opressive smiley icons very dated and they take up valuable space rather look at trains
Oh yes, Gn15 and F scale do count in the G scale section. I would actually love to see more F scale people join in here. I do admire those F scale trains.
1978 Nice time period for Rio Grande, lots of tunnel motors running then. Yes Gn15 does count to G scale.
Vote Yes My vote is for anything that will run in the garden from 1:20.3 scale ratio all the way to 1:32 scale ratio so this way everyone from the Fn3 people to the narrow gauge Gn15 can enjoy the hobby. Basicly G scale, I would love to own ride on trains, sometimes even G scale isn't big enogh for me, gotta luv those 1/8 scale trains. Only read this next part if you have any humor. >>>>>> There are a couple of guys at work who also collect trains. The one guy is like me and now finds Lionel 0 scale too small. He is in his late 40's and says he doesn't want to go out and buy special glasses to to play with N scale trains. He complains about he would probably need tweezers to put the trains on the track due to his arthritis from working as a mechanic, but you have to understand his tells this story in a humurous way. Then he goes on about the Z scale collectors. He stated "Can you imagine if the Z scalers tried to run thier trains outside?" He continues on to say "A draginfly could come along and carry the caboose away or a black ant could cross the tracks and derail the locomotive". I'm sorry in advance if anyone takes offense to that, but I found it funny. I think it would be funny seeing a dragonfly carrying away a yellow Z scale caboose because he thought it was a bee he could eat, just picturing that happening makes me laugh every time. I also had Lionel 0 Scale and LGB is what turned my on to G scale even though I only own 1 LGB freight car today. I love American type trains although I will look at European type trains at a train show. By the way I'm not trying to pick on any scale trains, every scale has thier own following. I just find humor sometimes in how peoples opinions differ from what they like and why.
Basically, if you have 45mm gauge tracks laid down with something rolling down them, you're G scaler. I don't like the cutesy little whimsical petticoat junction stuff myself, I'd rather see large modern freight barreling down mainline type tracks... but that's neither here nor there. There's a little something for every type of railroad modeler in gauge 1 trains.
The only narrow gauge locomotives I own are my LGB Euro Electric Work Locomotive and my original Stainz starter set. I perfer mainline trains screaming down the track vs steam. Diesel or nothing if you ask me.
manco, you said it best. There is something in G scale for everyone. From logging operations, to mining operations, the old west steam town to that narrow gauge railroading or making a passenger layout in a small town. Just like you I love big diesels pulling a long string of freight cars. No matter what you want to model in, nothing is wrong in G scale, at least thats what I think.
DragonFyreGT, I was a die hard diesel locomotive lover also. Then I got to see real live steam engines in operation up close and personal. The steam engines in real life basiclly have thier own personality and takes a knck to make it pull a train without any failures or slippage on the track. The older steamers from the 1800's I don't care for at all. The steam engines I like the best are the articulated ones. Such as the "Challenger", the "Big Boy", etc. The Aristocraft Mallet was a s close as I could come to having a articulated steam engine with multiple drive sets. 2-8-8-2. The non articulated drive steamers don't do anything for me as far as collecting or modeling on my layout, but I sure would love to pull the throttle lever on a real one though.
I know exactly what you mean EMD. I was one of the coal shovelers about 3, 4 years ago at Illinois Railway Museum on Frisco 1630. Although I became attached to her personally. Hard, dirty work, and I got no pay for it, but I get to live and say "I worked on a steam locomotive." If I ever can afford it, I would have someone build a 1:29 scale version of Frisco 1630. I would agree with you about non articulated steamers, except that Stainz marks my g-scale entry. I like industrial, small tank, saddle, and switch steamers, Their small, cute, and have a personality of their own. But then there's where I came from, the era in which I was born, Cascade green E8A's screaming down the line to and from Chicago every day. Mainline SD45's pulling coal drags or intermodals through a small downtown village on the way to Chicago or Heading back out for more. I guess like all Burlington Northern Fans, we took the colors and the names for granted and when they disappeared, we had nothing. It's really more clinging to the cascade green legacy. But someone had talked to me once about "Narrow Gauge, servicing small towns." I have no problem with that. I rode the George Town Loop. I Road Durango & Silverton. Sure their tourist rides now, but the equipment is vintage and has centuries of stories to tell. But the one thing that Narrow Gaugers don't seem to notice is, Mainline trains serviced those same small towns too. I think that's the one ideal that Narrow Gaugers and Mainline Gaugers have in common. Small sleepy little towns with the roar of a diesel or the chuffing of a steam locomotive breaking up the silence. Smaller scales have both of these, but not in the size or the variety of of G-Scale.
I agree - I just joined and I think the site could use a major overhaul as far as appearance is concerned. To me it looks like something from the sixties.
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