Just seen a running circa 1910 ives one gauge steam loco & with 3 passenger cars. He was asking $100 . ? Is 1 gauge 3rail hard to locate. Have been looking but to no avail.
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Yes, its hard to find. $100 sounds WAY too cheap in just about any condition. Was it electric? or Clockwork?
Rob,
Wouldn't 3rail be electric?
George
LOL Of course it would be..... unless they were running a clockwork loco on 3 rail track. We dont really know whats up here. MADMAX could provide loco and car number and we could clear it up in no time!
Ives 1129 with 180 series cars. He powered it up when i was there and the motor ran okay forward and reverse. But he didnt have any track just jumper wires.
Please some catalog photos?
After doing some more reseach he should have labeled it 1912. As it looks like only the 40/41 were made in 1910 and were only clockwork. Unfortunately i didnt have my phone on me at the time to take photos of it. But ives society has plenty of photos on their site
Madmax: Run don't walk and buy it for that price! If you don't want it I would be happy to offer you a profit. I have some early Ives, Marklin, and Bing 1 gauge and was lucky to purchase both 3rail Ives track and 2rail also. Please post pictures if you get it. BTW: I don't see an email address in your profile.
Eric Hofberg
TCA, LCCA, Ives Train Society
Try USA Track. Call.
What is the distance from outside rail to outside rail of 1 gauge track?
eddie g posted:What is the distance from outside rail to outside rail of 1 gauge track?
I believe it is 45mm.
How about in inches. OK I just googled it. it is 1.77" so what is the distance for standard gauge?
Standard gauge is 2 1/8" between outer rails although some early catalogs portrayed it as 2 1/4".
Eric Hofberg
The standard gauge track that I have on Ebay now is 2 1/4"
