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VidKidz Offline
#1 Posted : 03 September 2010 07:05:00(UTC)
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http://ogaugerr.infopop....c/f/57660482/m/279105074

FYI in case you haven't seen that MTH is starting to offer O scale European models.

Here's the European portion of their latest catalog:

http://mthtrains.com/sit...0European%20Releases.pdf
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#2 Posted : 03 September 2010 16:39:34(UTC)
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Thanks, am very interesting about the french 241 vapor lock (which remembered the old 241 Etat old Marklin O gauge, not the same lock anyway)Cool ThumpUp
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#3 Posted : 03 September 2010 23:43:47(UTC)
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I have a Green Swiss Crocodile on order, the delivery date was this last January now its January of next year.
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#4 Posted : 04 September 2010 01:16:44(UTC)
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Well, there goes. I'm going to order a croc and about a dozen cars....

I was tempted by the croc before, but wasn't going to pull the trigger without matching cars
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#5 Posted : 04 September 2010 01:42:08(UTC)
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Jon,

Is the crock 2 or 3 rail "O" scale?

Robert
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#6 Posted : 04 September 2010 03:43:54(UTC)
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Loadmaster wrote:
Jon,

Is the crock 2 or 3 rail "O" scale?

Robert



Both.
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#7 Posted : 04 September 2010 05:01:39(UTC)
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Those KROKs look SO BEAUTIFUL!! I have Lionel also, so running would be no problem..and now the freight wagons to go with!! I could rob a bank, wipe out my account at the bank, win the lotto!!!javascript:insertsmiley('LOL%20','/forum/Imagejavascript:insertsmiley('ThumpUp%20','/forum/Images/Emoticons/msp_thumbup.gif')s/Emoticons/msp_lol.gif')
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#8 Posted : 04 September 2010 09:51:27(UTC)
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VidKidz wrote:
http://ogaugerr.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/57660482/m/279105074
FYI in case you haven't seen that MTH is starting to offer O scale European models.
They look like nice models. What is that track on the pictures? I hope it is just a narrow gauge track in front of the locomotive. I would hate to see more narrow gauge editions of the TRAXX. Crying

Just to clarify, do the American consider O-scale the same as 0-scale (1:43.5)? If so, I hope you can change the claw couplers with the 0-scale NEM couplers.
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seatrains Offline
#9 Posted : 04 September 2010 20:23:15(UTC)
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Soren, this is a complicated question because Lionel and others produced model trains, O-gauge, at less than 1:48 in the old days, sometimes 1:45 or worse!! Lionel also took liberties with the track, couplers and wheel flanges. As I understand it, most of the Lionel and MTH are now 1:48, for the American market. So O-guage is now close to O-Scale. There are American model railroaders who only model in "true scale", 1:48.
P.S. you have a very nice blog. Good work and Good reading.
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#10 Posted : 01 November 2010 16:37:31(UTC)
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Loadmaster wrote:
Jon,

Is the crock 2 or 3 rail "O" scale?

Robert


The only "O" scale track I've ever seen has been 3 rail. If a 2 rail version exists, where would I find its manufacturer? (I've never cared for the look of the solid 3rd rail, so 2 rail "O" would really be interesting to me.)

Also - how does the MTH croc achieve the neat trick of picking up current from either 2 rail track or 3 rail track?

Thx,
Tommy
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#11 Posted : 01 November 2010 18:35:36(UTC)
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Loadmaster wrote:
Jon,

Is the crock 2 or 3 rail "O" scale?

Robert


You can order it either way.

see page 61 of this catalog.
http://www.mthtrains.com...ldcats/2010V1Catalog.pdf



Whether or not it will ever ship is another question.

original shipping date was Jan 2010
now
Shipping Date: Jan 2011


also
http://www.atlaso.com/02railtrack.htm
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#12 Posted : 12 February 2011 17:32:08(UTC)
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Darrin / John,

any news on your orders?



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