is there such thing as o scale meter gauge and o scale broad gauge
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Yes there is.
O scale meter gauge is Om and a number of European manufacturers make items in this scale/gauge combination. I forget what the gauge actually is!
for broad gauge, here in the UK some modellers have built track and stock in O scale to run on scale (Brunel's) 7.0 foot gauge track. I don't know if there is an official designation for this gauge! I don't know about other broad gauges eg 5.0 foot but I am sure someone somewhere is doing it!
HTH
Andrew
Om uses 22.5 mm track!
Here you go: 15mm/ft models of Irish prototypes scaled to 5' 3" gauge (Irish broad gauge)
My Lionel trains are built to 5 foot gauge.
Google is your friend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...in_the_United_States
Outside of European meter gauge, there are relatively few scale modelers of other gauges (especially broad gauges) because most of the items require substantial scratch-building.
mwb posted:Google is your friend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...in_the_United_States
Well, that's not what the original post was asking. He was asking about O scale representations of meter and/or broad gauge...
p51 posted:mwb posted:Google is your friend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...in_the_United_States
Well, that's not what the original post was asking. He was asking about O scale representations of meter and/or broad gauge...
If there's a prototype, then someone somewhere has modeled it.
Regular O scale is actually quite close to the broad gauge that PA trolleys used and those in New Orleans, couple of inches.
I thought O gauge defined the distance between the rails as 1.25" and nothing to do with scale.
