I dont mean to ask a obvious question, but I was wondering who makes a model of this type of narrow gauge steam engine in n scale.?
Good question. Am not sure. I know there have been models to represent C&S narrow gauge. And some logging stuff. But speciifc D&RGW, I can't recall. Are you thinking of building something? Boxcab E50
I cannot say I have ever seen a turnout like this before.. Look closely at the points.... Aspenmodel pic:
Looks like one but there don't seem to be any moving parts. Man I am having enough challange with one gauge or the other. I don't plan on going dual gauge on the same layout. As for who makes locomotives, Republican Locomotive Works sells kits to convert Marklin Z guage engines into Nn3 locomotives. So far I have built a Denver & Rio Grande K-37. The Durango & Silverton had one of those for a while but traded it to the Cubres & Toltec for a smaller engine.
It's for when your narrow and standard guage rails follow the same path, and share a rail. The narrow is exiting the main line toward the bottom of the picture. I know what it's for, but I can't explain it in technical terms. Someone will come along and clear it up. And yes, it's for NN3 running off a standard N main.
I have seen the real thing in Colorado where the Cubres & Toltec interchanges with standard gauge in Antonito. This photo shows some even more complicated stuff. Thank goodness there was nothing like that around Durango that I would have to model. The standard gauge track down to Farmington had been converted to narrow by the era I model.
After looking at this again- Is it actually a switch? (Doesn't appear to be.) Or just a place for the two gauges to diverge? Boxcab E50
Someone in here once asked, what's at the end of a dual-track stub? How do they keep the cars from going off the ends? Do they just use a wheel block on each rail?
