Mixed Freight
Well-Known Member
Question.............. Should the 'Tinplate and Hi-Rail' forum be merged with the 'O-Scale' forum? And re-named as the "O-Gauge" forum?
Reason I ask is because.....................................
There seems to be not a whole lot of difference between the questions asked between the two forums. And I see very little to almost zero 2-rail O-Scale discussion compared to 3-rail discussion.
In my opinion, 2-rail O-Scale is 1/48 scale" (Similar to 1/87th HO-Scale or 1/160th N-Scale, or true-to-scale fidelity), while 3-rail O-gauge could be considered more as "O-gauge" (anywhere from 1/48th scale to 1/64th scale, more or less, since the exact scale is not always that critical). Not to mention the fact that 3-rail track is not really true to prototype, no matter what. While 2-rail O-scale is a very specialized niche in the model railroading hobby, 3-rail O-gauge is fairly wide-spread, and much more common to the general population. 3-rail O-gauge really runs the gamut, all the way from 'pretty near gosh-darned-scale (yaayyy!!!) to toy-train fantasy ridiculous deluxe (boooo!!!).
Since 2-rail O-scale discussion is virtually non-existent on this forum, I can readily see not catering to it here. On the other hand, I'm not sure why there isn't a little more activity for 3-rail O-gauge on this board, but needless to say, I sure wouldn't mind seeing a little more.
Just curious. Any thoughts???
Reason I ask is because.....................................
There seems to be not a whole lot of difference between the questions asked between the two forums. And I see very little to almost zero 2-rail O-Scale discussion compared to 3-rail discussion.
In my opinion, 2-rail O-Scale is 1/48 scale" (Similar to 1/87th HO-Scale or 1/160th N-Scale, or true-to-scale fidelity), while 3-rail O-gauge could be considered more as "O-gauge" (anywhere from 1/48th scale to 1/64th scale, more or less, since the exact scale is not always that critical). Not to mention the fact that 3-rail track is not really true to prototype, no matter what. While 2-rail O-scale is a very specialized niche in the model railroading hobby, 3-rail O-gauge is fairly wide-spread, and much more common to the general population. 3-rail O-gauge really runs the gamut, all the way from 'pretty near gosh-darned-scale (yaayyy!!!) to toy-train fantasy ridiculous deluxe (boooo!!!).
Since 2-rail O-scale discussion is virtually non-existent on this forum, I can readily see not catering to it here. On the other hand, I'm not sure why there isn't a little more activity for 3-rail O-gauge on this board, but needless to say, I sure wouldn't mind seeing a little more.
Just curious. Any thoughts???