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Is it 0 Gauge or O Gauge?
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Yes, but the pronunciation of 0 in a phone number is usually given phonetically as as 'Oh' hence verbally the gauge being referred to in the same way as if it were O Gauge. However, I believe the correct (or at least original) written form is numeric. However, I realise that along the way, both seem to be used interchangeably with O becoming more popular in the same way as language evolves over time. I think that is because the more recent gauges have used alphabetic characters (T, Z, N, S etc). Interestingly, I've noticed that the Americans tend to refer to their most popular scale as HO, while the Europeans tend to refer to their most popular scale as H0. I'm European.