Hello, all. Instead of discussing the look of scale model trains I wanted to get some thoughts from ng members as to which scale(s) comes closer to producing the clackety-clack sound of actual railroad cars going over the tracks (I grew up with that sound). It seems that S-gauge or larger is better at this than the smaller scales. I think Gilbert AF (on original Gilbert post-WWII track) and Lionel capture this particularly well. Thanks for your time and comment. Sincerely, from someone who really appreciates railroad sounds (especially steam locomotive whistles),
John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail: snipped-for-privacy@itd.nrl.navy.mil Naval Research Laboratory
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