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You may have to get figures from the USA. Try these:
http://www.locopainter.com/store/category.php?id=38 http://www.caboosehobbies.com/catalo...?cPath=240_245 Best wishes, John H-T
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I have bought a couple of ON30 locos and Peco on30 track....I see that locos are quite small compared with 0 gauge .Now I know that UK Scale is slightly different from US gauge .But it is pretty close ....But when you see a scale figure in O gauge it seems out of place with 0N30 ......Also the locos seem midway between HO and O Gauge........Is it me or is it just a missconception of scale on my part.
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Basically you need figures made to the American Scale. A good selection will be found on the sites I found for you. It may be worth talking to the guy at EDM. He is a nice guy and very enthusiastic. Look at the web site to see where the shows he is attending are, or phone him up. The piece of equipment you describe is a rolling road. I have the Hornby one which is quite adequate, but other people on the Forum may have other ideas. Do remember that 0n30 runs on 00 gauge track so you could get an oval of Hornby track and a point or two. I would get 3rd or 4th Radius curves.Then you will be able to try out your locos. By the way are you using DC or DCC for control. Are the two locos you have bought DCC fitted? Best wishes, John H-T.
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I have bought a Bachmann 2 6 0 ..dc only for £50 on ebay..some photos to date |
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Thanks for the photos.
You may want to consider DCC. The DC locos should not be difficult to convert even if they are not DCC ready. Depends on how confident you are with a soldering iron or you can get them done for you. DCC is much more flexible even on a small layout. Here are some photos of my 0n30 Collection. I have got a wooden body kit for the Gas Mechanical. There is one photo with a 00 loco and train for comparison. Best wishes, John H-T
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Nice set of locos.......I dont really have a layout (I dont have room) I have a 36ins lenght of peco 0n30 track .What I want is to run thes locos on rail risers to see them move without going anywhere but dont know what is required or how many to achieve this.DCC is nice but as I dont have a need at this point as I understand DCC locos are backward compatible with no modifications.As far as dc loco is concerned I dont want to fiddle with model as as sure as eggs is eggs I will break something.It might be something I will try in future but at moment just happy to see them on display...Any advice on rail risers would be welcome....Thankyou
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Have a look at My Thread on "My Modular layout" in the Railway Modelling Section. Might give you some ideas. I will bring it up to date in the next day or two.
Best wishes, John H-T.
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