Atlanta GA

"Rob Kemp" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Just visited the site, what a great idea. here's no way on earth I could pop over for a look but I wish you all the very best.

Thanks Chris Yeah, they do a good job.... I'm hoping that there some other Brits over here into railway stuff. I just found 2 new people last week who live close by, you never know who's out there!! Rob

Had a look at the tour site, noticed that you have declared as HO and HO/OO respectively.

A fond memory of mine: At a meeting of the Potomac Division of the NMRA I was asked what gauge I modelled. My answer: EM (just to be different and because I am a member of EMGS) Tilt lights come on all over the room. I then had to embark on a long winded explanation of what the difference was between HO and OO, and then EM, P4 & S4. This elicited the news that there is in fact an American version of OO. Nobody present had ever seen it, but I was assured that it was 4mm:1ft running on what equates to 19mm gauge track.

This is presumably why you couldn't declare as OO because you are both running on 16.5mm track.

Enjoy the tour, I certainly enjoyed all the tours I did whilst living out there.

Elliott

In message , Elliott Cowton writes

Lionel, of O gauge fame, produced both 2 and 3 rail 4mm models from 1938 to 1942, and I'm fairly sure the track gauge was 19mm, rather than HO (16.5mm)