For those interested in O gauge in Europe, here's a link to "Metropolitrain", they list all O Gauge makers that have existed in Europe with well over 1000 pics. It's very interesting and I'm sure will surprise many at the amount of interest in O Gauge trains.
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Who knew? LOL I guess the train guys in Europe did.
I recognized only Lima and Marklin. But scanning the pictures there were a lot of nice looking cars. I really liked the Wine car.
European O gauge is a little different from our O gauge here in the US; actually the scale is different the gauge of track should be the same. Here is the US O is 1:48 while over in Europe O is 1:45. Clicking on the links gave good pictures of nicely scaled models by Rivarossi and the like.
The Rivarossi American F-Units would be fun to have.
Although, I don't suppose there would be much to do with them other than display and brag about their unusualness. Maybe at the very least they could be used as dummy units on my layout with whatever the gear scenario they employ disabled. Presuming the track gauge is indeed accurate.
I am not especially electrically educated, but I can't imagine you'd be able to employ any of the electronics that they utilize.
Okay. So maybe it would be a paperweight. But still cool.
Other than prewar, was there much 3-rail?
Other than prewar, was there much 3-rail?
Art, the Europeans are more into finescale two rail these days. But I was amazed at how many brands there have been.
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