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What is HOn30 – by Bob Hayden and Dave Frary »

Well, simply stated, HOn30, or HOn2½, is HO scale narrow gauge rolling stock running on N gauge track.
The trains are smaller than regular HO equipment because most HOn30 modelers build layouts based on the 2-foot railroads that ran in the state of Maine, U.S.A. These were about half the size of standard gauge trains, but they still performed a full-size job. These two-footers, as they were called, cost only half the money and real estate to get a working railroad up and running.
There were, and are, 30″ and 24″ railroads still operating around the world, and many people model them. Read on…

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Welcome to the new HOn30 Home Depot site »

I am moving all the articles from the old site, but it might take some time before everything is complete. Read on…

L.G.Thek 9mm mechanism, first impressions »

R4-11-8(N) N-scale powered chassis

R4-11-8(N) N-scale powered chassis

This seems to be an enlarged (!) version of the L.G.Thek Brassworks Z scale ZL01S.E. SW-00 diesel switcher mechanism by Lajos. Read on…

Building – and rebuilding – the Carrabasset & Dead River Ry. »

The evolution of a railroad. Read on…

The Sandy River goes HOn2! »

By Allan W. Hanson. Read on…

Ride the Carrabasset! »

From MR, November 1979. Read on…

The Carrabasset & Dead River.. »

Finally makes it to tidewater. Read on…

HOn30 Sales list from Peter Bartlett »

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Revitalizing an old 0-4-0 Bachmann mechanism »

One of the most common problems with the 0-4-0 is the split gears that cause binding and wobbling.
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