Yes, you're right. Lionel track was O gauge but all the early Lionel rolling
stock, including locos, were under-scale, closer to S than O. I was
confusing gauge & scale. I still have quite a bit of it and everything is
small compared to my stock of European origin. More recent Lionel trains are
both O gauge & O scale 1:48. I have a Texas Special A-B Diesel loco which is
full O scale. European O is a little bigger 1:43.5. BTW, according to what I
read on the Web, American Flyer never made S gauge stuff. The plot thickens!
I might just be tempted to dust everything off, put down a few meters of
track & take some side-by-side snaps.
Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Sullivan
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 5:07 PM
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Subject: Re: PESO - (and VESO) The Christmas Train
Alan,
Minor points department, but the original Lionel trains were O gauge, not S.
American Flyer was S gauge, and a copycat.
Trust me, I got my first Lionel train over 63 years ago from my Uncle.
He was a Lionel train fanatic and had a collection of all their stuff,
back to tinplate.
Regards, Bob
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote:
Thanks for that, George. I over-estimated the size of the chess pieces &
thought it might be O Gauge. The vintage Lionel was actually S Gauge, a
bit
smaller than O. I have Lionel, Hornby, Rivarossi & Big-Big plus about 80m
of
self made track. When I still lived in Rhodesia, there were 3 of us but I
never got going again after moving here. Yes, the modern stuff is very
high
quality & expensive, as you say, like our photography.
Alan
-----Original Message----- From: George Sinos
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 9:10 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: PESO - (and VESO) The Christmas Train
Thanks for the comments everyone.
Alan - the train in this photo is HO scale, roughly half the size of O.
When I was in the hobby shop buying the circle of track for these
trains I saw some modern O. Wow, nothing like the old Lionel stuff
that I remember from when I was a kid. Much more detailed and very
much made to look as real as possible. Also, very expensive. $50-$80
for a boxcar. Engine prices were in the Hundreds of dollars. That
would add up pretty quickly. Of course, O is pretty big, so you
wouldn't need much. Then again, from the conversation I overheard
while there, I'm guessing the train hobbyists have the same issues
with rolling stock as photographers have with lenses.
gs
George Sinos
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www.GeorgeSinos.com
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote:
Great idea. Gauge "O", is it? I have a huge collection of it from my
youth
(simply gathering dust). I intended to build a garden railway but never
did.
I feel the creative juices stirring again.
Alan
-----Original Message----- From: George Sinos
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 3:31 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: PESO - (and VESO) The Christmas Train
I'm putting up a smaller Christmas tree this year that will sit atop a
table. The table is big enough to accommodate a small circle of train
track. Rather than leave such an important task to the last minute, I
decided to test things out this weekend. (Not the tree. Just the
train.)
Killing two birds with one stone, I shot a little video with my iPhone
and tried out the video editing features in Photoshop CC for the first
time. Here are the results.
<http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/10/27/the-christmas-train>
I was surprised at how quickly I figured out the video editor in
Photoshop CC. It was (Unlike most things in PS) quite straight
forward. I've used a couple of other video editors in the past and
they have many more features. But for slapping together a quick video
or slide show, this looks like it will do everything I need.
gs
George Sinos
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www.GeorgeSinos.com
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