Placing NG on SG Track?
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The actual gauge of the track and rolling stock is immaterial. The attachment points (a.bog0 etc.) run on an invisible track line and what you see is "window dressing". You can mix and match how you like without any regard to reality. For instance in real life 2ft6in, 750mm and 760mm gauges are sufficiently different to prevent interchange of stock. In Trainz you would be hard put to see the difference. Similarly I sometimes mix metre and 3ft gauges as the difference is only really visible close up. If you really want to, you could run 15in gauge stock on Brunel's 7ft track or vice versa 
The actual gauge of the track and rolling stock is immaterial. The attachment points (a.bog0 etc.) run on an invisible track line and what you see is "window dressing". You can mix and match how you like without any regard to reality. For instance in real life 2ft6in, 750mm and 760mm gauges are sufficiently different to prevent interchange of stock. In Trainz you would be hard put to see the difference. Similarly I sometimes mix metre and 3ft gauges as the difference is only really visible close up. If you really want to, you could run 15in gauge stock on Brunel's 7ft track or vice versa
Yeah, it was only noticibale up close, which I didnt mind. I was just going to be dissapointed if theis had meant that some or most of the NG stock would not work. Thnx 4 the info...
I had a an NG box car that looked find on my train route and did not know it untill I looked closely at the wheels and found them tooo close together. I do have a layout done with both NG and standard gauge tracks together and at my shop I have both lines entering the same stall. They do work.
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http://mdmetric.com/tech/cvtcht.htm
http://convertfeettometers.com/
Which brings up an intresting point. In the US there is SG (4 foot, 8 and 1/2 inches) (56.5") which equals @ 1435 mm metric track.
Threre is 1000 mm metric track that looks close to being NG (3 foot) (36") which would equal 914 mm metric track.
42" = 1066 mm
39.37" = 1000 mm
36" = 914 mm
30" = 762 mm
24" = 609 mm
18" = 457 mm
What are the other gauges across the world ? Broad gauge and ther European gauges ?
As the (EBT RR and most Pennsylvania RR's), and my Wopsy RR was NG 36", and later was later SG ... I am placeing NG Ties Only track, and am placing NG Rails only track right on top (using the hold shift key). Then whenever I want to change era's I edit the routes config file and change out tracks kuid, to be SG Rails Only track.
Another alternative would be to lay BNSF50 Invisatrack slightly offset so that 42", 40", 30" trains look correct when viewed from only one side of the rails (the other side would overhang).
http://convertfeettometers.com/
Which brings up an intresting point. In the US there is SG (4 foot, 8 and 1/2 inches) (56.5") which equals @ 1435 mm metric track.
Threre is 1000 mm metric track that looks close to being NG (3 foot) (36") which would equal 914 mm metric track.
42" = 1066 mm
39.37" = 1000 mm
36" = 914 mm
30" = 762 mm
24" = 609 mm
18" = 457 mm
What are the other gauges across the world ? Broad gauge and ther European gauges ?
As the (EBT RR and most Pennsylvania RR's), and my Wopsy RR was NG 36", and later was later SG ... I am placeing NG Ties Only track, and am placing NG Rails only track right on top (using the hold shift key). Then whenever I want to change era's I edit the routes config file and change out tracks kuid, to be SG Rails Only track.
Another alternative would be to lay BNSF50 Invisatrack slightly offset so that 42", 40", 30" trains look correct when viewed from only one side of the rails (the other side would overhang).
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And your interesting point is ??????
The label "NG" is regional specific - here in Australia it usually means 3 ft 6 inches (42inch) which is 1067mm but to most BG (broad gauge) rail fans, SG was often referred to as "the narrow gauge". The BG here is the "Irish Broad" at 5ft 3 inches - 1600mm.
Here in OZ one of our past politicians and former Deputy Prime Minister (and now ambassador to somewhere), Tim Fischer, is a well known rail fan. He recently (~2003) published a very handy guide to all the rail gauges used in Australia. He lists 19 different gauges that carry the label "narrow" from 4ft 0in (1219mm) down to 1ft 3in (381mm). He identified two different standard gauges - "Deloraine Standard" at 4ft 6inch (1372mm) and "Stephenson Standard" at 4ft 8.5inch (1435mm) - and one broad gauge, the "Irish Broad".
The three most commonly used gauges in Australia are still broad gauge, standard gauge ("Stephenson") and narrow gauge ("Anglo Cape Narrow" at 3ft 6inch - 1047mm).
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The following links have lists of track gauges from all over the world.
http://www.bahnstatistik.de/Spurweiten.htm (german)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_gauges (english)
Peter
http://www.bahnstatistik.de/Spurweiten.htm (german)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_gauges (english)
Peter
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