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N-scale narrow gauge
rollingstock is manufactured to run on 6.5mm track.
6.5mm track is the same as Z-scale.
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Two narrow gauge
box cars, the one on the left is from Micro Trains and the one
on the right is from Nelson Grey. Micro Trains purchase the
Nelson Grey molds when Nelson retired. Biggest difference that
is visible is the brake wheel. Micro trains retooled so the
trucks are better. the body and under frame appear largely unchanged.
This same body is produced in Z-scale as a standard gauge double
sheathed wood box car, both versions come with body mounted
couplers.
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Narrow gauge box cars, produced
in 2003 and part of 2004 by Mike Chenoweth. These kits are of
the 3000 series of cars used on the D&RGW. It was a premium
kit with quality castings etched stainless hardware sheet and
decals for detailing the car. This car is now available from
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Narrow gauge
gondola, on the left from Micro Trains, and on the right a Nelson
Grey original.
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Narrow gauge flat car with stacks,
on the Left from Micro Trains, and on the right a Nelson Grey
original. |
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Narrow gauge flat car, on the
left from Micro Trains, and on the right a Nelson Grey original. |
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Narrow gauge flat cars, top photo
shows Nn3 flat from Nelson Grey on the left. In the center a
heavy lift flat car made form 2 Nelson Grey flat cars. The right
hand car is a low boy typically used on modern narrow gauge
operations to move a bulldozer around the work on the right
of way. I used two Nelson Grey flats to build this car.
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These are the new (Aug 2005) 40
ft Z-scale log cars from MTL. They can be modified for use as
Nn3 30ft log cars by changing the trucks to Nn3 trucks (961
or 962) and body mounting a 905 coupler. As supplied they are
equipped with 955's (archbar truck with mounted coupler for
z-scale) Top photo are on the right the original MTL car as
issued. On the left is the one modified for Nn3. 2nd photo shows
the MTL N-scale 30ft standard gauge log car. It is just sitting
on the Nn3 trucks as the body beam is too wide to inside the
back to back distance of Nelson Grey Nn3 truck. The load looks
a bit small but would be quite acceptable for telephone poles
or pulp and plywood logs from tree farm operation.
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Narrow gauge tank car, on the
right from Micro Trains, and on the left a Nelson Grey original.
The Micro Trains car is actually a Z-scale standard gauge car,
I do not remember MTL releasing this car as a Nn3 car. |
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Narrow gauge caboose, on the left
from Micro Trains, and on the right a Nelson Grey original. |
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Narrow gauge two dome tank car
made from two nelson Grey tank cars on the left. On the right
is a Republic Locomotive Works EBT three bay hopper. It comes
as a kit. |
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Narrow gauge crane and support
cars. The crane is standard MDC crane mounted on narrow gauge
passenger trucks with body mounted narrow gauge couplers added.
The idler car is the floor17ft MOW logging caboose from RLW.
The boom car is made from part of a Nelson Grey Boxcar and part
of a Nelson Grey gondola spliced together and placed on a Nelson
Grey under frame. |
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Narrow gauge log car on the left
and laser cut wooden box car from a kit put out by Republic
Locomotive Works. |
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Narrow gauge outside braced 33ft
steel boxcar from the East Broad Top RR. It comes in kit form.
The car on the right is a Gramps frameless tank car, comes as
a kit from RLW |
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Narrow gauge reefers, these kits
are from RLW and represent two styles, on the left the billboard
reefers of the D&RGW, on the right the DSP&P, Tiffany reefer.
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Narrow Gauge stock cars, on the
left a laser cut wooden stock car, and on the right an etched
brass stock car, both come as kits from RLW. |
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Narrow gauge shorty caboose, on
the left from an RLW kit patterned after RGS 22 ft caboose.
On the right is a Bachmann old time caboose four wheel caboose
for standard gauge N-scale which was modified to make it narrower
and to put standard narrow gauge trucks under it.
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