Switching from o scale to ho scale

If you go N scale, KATO is the only way to go.  Double crossover & GG1.

laming posted:

Lots of flag waving, partial information, and information that is in error in this thread.

Bottom line is you will have to decide for yourself without any of us trying to talk you into staying in O or talk you into leaving it for some other scale of OUR choice.

In other words, YOU must be satisfied with YOUR decision, and I suspect THAT will require some investigative work on your OWN to determine what type of gains and give away's there will be between O/HO scales and how they apply to your set of "givens" (room size/etc) and "druthers" (preferences). If you can't figure it out for yourself, and settle the issue TO YOUR OWN SATISFACTION, then you'll be always dependent upon validation from others as to your choice.

In my case, I've tried many different scales and themes and I drawn my own conclusions and have made my choice for myself, thus, I'm confident I've made the correct (for me) decision. I highly suspect you must do likewise, or you'll never be settled inwardly with your hobby of trains.

Good luck!

Andre

Very wise words Andre

Bob posted:

You can also scratchbuild your own.  This one is black foamcore for the structure shells, embossed aluminum foil siding on the tipple, Evergreen styrene siding on the office building and dollhouse flooring material for the loading dock.  Total cost was less than 40 dollars.

Thats nice. Think I’m going to take your advice 

If possible, visit as many layouts, shows and clubs as you can before you decide.  Every scale has its own advantages and disadvantages and there are many types of layouts from small switching layouts to very large empires.  

While O scale does not have as many ready to run options as HO or N, it probably has more options than you realize.  Check out the "Rockford O Scalers" facebook page (I am a member of the "club") and you will see that a lack of options in O scale has not been a issue for us.  In fact, we ran out of space way before we ran out of options.

John Handlogten 

BLASPHEMY I SAY!!!

I have a downsizing coming up. If my train space is small I will create an O city layout and run subways. Also trolley cars down the main sttreets. 

It’s O gauge or no gauge. 

Done both.

Both look fun to me.  

One thing I will say with conviction, the one on the bottom runs a whole heck of a lot better than the top one.  Kinda contrary to some of the posts here.

Regards.

GNNPNUT

Coal factory ?  You referring to a coal colliery ?