This is all spilt milk, but then again this group seems to specialize in split milk on occasion...
NASG first made track and wheel gauges in the mid-80's to support the (then) "new" NASG track and wheel standards (adopted in 1981); because nothing else existed and to encourage people to "go build a railroad"... (Ed L. and I were on the BOT that adopted them...) Since then, NMRA adopted the NASG standards, lots of railroads were built and the original run of gage tools began to run low. In 2009 NASG had 2000 replacement gauges made as NMRA has never made noises about making one themselves. Some years ago NASG traded gauges with NMRA, standard for Sn3. I have no idea what happened to the six NMRA received, but the Sn3 gauges NASG received did not sell very well in NASG's Clearinghouse. NMRA has never contacted NASG about another trade. It is disappointing NMRA never saw fit to make a tool, but life is full of disappointments... At some point we need to quit arguing about the past and move on... The fact is over the years tens of thousands (maybe over 100,000?) cars and locomotives have been built to these S Scale standards. We owe a great debt of gratitude to the hard work done by Bill Peters and Wayne Pier to develop standards that worked and have stood the test of time. That is the story we should be telling...! Earl In 1995(?) Bill and Diane Wade organized about a 10 booth "This is S Scale Today" display at the Atlanta NMRA convention. It was a great time for all of us who volunteered to travel and work those booths. I believe we turned some heads on S Scale in those years. It would be nice to visit Atlanta again... Jim Kindraka Current NASG Treasurer and previously NASG Board member 1980 - 1991 --- In [email protected], "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote: > > > The complete lack of the NMRA support on items as necessary as standards > > gauges is 1 reason why they never have and never will get 1 dime from me > > for a membership. > > Bill Lane > > The NMRA does offer an Sn3 gage, but not a standard S gauge gage. One reason > for that is because the gage is already available from the NASG. I don't see > why that makes the NMRA a bad monster. Why duplicate something that already > exists and perhaps take the profits away from NASG? > > Years ago, I suggested NASG sell the standard gauge gage to the NMRA for > resale to their members. To the best of my knowledge, which could be > incomplete, I don't think anyone from NASG approached the NMRA with that > proposal. > > However, I seem to recall a recent announcement that the NMRA and the NASG > will swap gages to each other so that both organizations can benefit by > selling both gages. Sounds like a reasonably decent cooperative arrangement > to me. > > Just a thought....Ed L. > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
