SteveS Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Hello everyone I had a friend of mine in the UK tell me about this website. While I still model US prototype in both HO and O scale, I had the pleasure to visit one of his friends British O scale layout and had quite an enjoyable afternoon operating his friends layout. But what impressed me was Minerva Models Pannier tank engine with its sound and DCC and how well it ran right our of the box. So much so I ended up buying one. I am now working on a British O scale layout of my own. Anyhow I live in the Chicago area and am a retired Driver (Locomotive Engineer in USA terms) I have no problems wanting to share what ever knowledge that anyone in this group wants to know. Hello to all Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Another American, welcome! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Welcome aboard - check out the "USA & Canadian" Section; quite a few of us on the right of The Pond model USA outline, even in O Scale. Is your O scale stuff 2- or 3-rail ? Whereas 3-rail dominates US O, it is a minority niche market in the UK. 2-rail is the norm for British O Scale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 Welcome aboard - check out the "USA & Canadian" Section; quite a few of us on the right of The Pond model USA outline, even in O Scale. Is your O scale stuff 2- or 3-rail ? Whereas 3-rail dominates US O, it is a minority niche market in the UK. 2-rail is the norm for British O Scale. Thank you for the welcome. Right at my home I have an HO scale layout based on a freelance midwest shortline in the 50's or 60's. I work with 2 rail O scale as a friends house. He has what I can call a museum size layout in his cellar. There are about 5 different levels. He has staging hung from the floor joists at the high end and at the low end he has staging about 2 feet off the floor. Yes he has a rather large home covering his layout. I've dabbled in N, HO, OO, O 2 rail. Yes you are right about 3 rail O scale in the USA. I think a lot of it is due to a lot of the "older generation" who got their start in model trains with 3 rail O scale. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 9, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2018 Steve: There is an overall resource club the British Railway Modellers of North America. http://www.brmna.org/index.html Our club has a weekend with the Great British Train Show -- last weekend in April. http://www.theplatelayers.org/gbts2018/gbts2018poster002.jpg The show is about 350 km past Detroit. I call it the biggest and best British Railway show in North America because I don't think there's another one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Hello Steve, Welcome to the forum. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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