A few photos of this exquisite small layout by the French club Escadrille St. Michel. 14mm gauge track is used throughout but there is also a section of dual gauge using 18mm. The pictures were taken at ExpoNG 2007.
Le Petit Depot – O14/O18 layout by Escadrille St Michel
Le Petit Depot – O14/O18 layout by Escadrille [...]
The Templot site has some data for prototype industrial turnouts here which may also be of use for non Templot users.
There is an interesting description of the signalling of the L&B (which was signalled to mainline standards) including a picture of a turnout with an outside facing point locks on this site here.
While many of the contributors to this blog are experienced and talented modellers, I am taking on O14 from very much a beginner’s perspective. Having started out in OO9, using N scale mechanisms under body kits for prototypes of varying gauges, perhaps a more logical step up would have been to follow a similar process [...]
The weights of flat bottom rail used in typical prototype 2′ narrow gauge railways ranged from 20lb-30lb (per yard) for small industrial use up to 60lb for ‘main’ lines. Nowadays some of the modern restored railways use even larger weights. Flat bottomed rail of these lower weights typically have square dimensions, in that the height [...]
The attached table of British NG rail and sleeper sizes (PDF) shows the main (flat bottom) rail weights and sleeper sizes and spacing for some of the principle British narrow gauge railways at various stages of their existence.
Continue reading about British Narrow Gauge Railway Rail and Sleeper Sizes
Precision turned Track Gauges are now available from KBscale. Produced in brass with grooves to suit Peco IL-115 code 82 rail. The outer grooves are for setting the 14mm gauge and the inner grooves give a 1mm gap for the check rails as per the published O14 standards.
The gauges have a machined flat at one end to [...]
Users of Templot may be interested in obtaining two templates for prototype turnouts as follows:
The first turnout is based on the drawing of a Robert Hudson 6′ 1 in 6 turnout as published with the track articles in issues 63-65 in the NG&IRM Review and also available on this site as a PDF.
The second turnout [...]
RP25 and ScaleSeven Wheel Comparison
This shows a comparison of the NMRA RP25 110 wheel profile commonly used for O14 and the ScaleSeven wheel profile for standard gauge locos, established from published web sources.
Given that most narrow gauge locos had a similar flange profile to standard gauge locos often with a slightly narrower tread, the profiles [...]
Arthur Budd has set up a website for his O14 layout, The Brickworks. The article first appeared in the 7mm Narrow Gauge Association magazine Narrow Lines but it’s great to now have an online record of it. Arthur is also promising updates to come on his new home layout, Wigmore.
Arthur’s site
