malletman
Alcohaulic
This is American OO, which competed with HO for control of the smaller than O gauge market before WWII. Obviously HO won out, but OO hung on quietly, in the background and is still around with a few guys still active modeling in this scale using vintage equipment and converting overscale HO stuff into OO along with some 3d printed stuff in the scale. Track gauge is 3/4" and the scale is 1:76th. This is my Lionel OO set from around 1940, 2 rail AC powered, has the whistle in the tender just like the O scale stuff, the whole train is diecast metal. The original track is on a bakelite base which is normally very warped. But, Gargraves makes both 2 and 3 rail track, no switches, but alteast a loop can be done. One can also use On3 track and turnouts and once set in ballest, looks ok as well. No worse than using HO for On30. This set is the Semi-scale version, less detail on the Hudson, no brake cylinders or smoke jack on the caboose. Think 773 Hudson vs the scale 700e. I am working on purchasing a full scale 2 rail set to go with this one. I also picked up a Hallmark(the greeting card company) F3 replicas they made. While unpowered, they are OO gauge and can be powered with underfloor power units to get a nice looking set of F3's. Mike the Aspie