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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See www.minitrains.eu for more information.
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Prototype photo of some interesting new freelance passenger cars from Railway Recollections.
No release date yet, but please contact Barry for updates.
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Instructions translated to English by Yoshiya Kobayashi – thanks!
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