Hi from Amsterdam

[GooiseMoordenaar]

Hello all,

I've been dabbling with G scale track off and on for a long time. Some unrest drove me from 1 : 24 to 7/8th to 1 : 10 and back. Now I am interested in small trams in 1 : 16 scale. But still on 45 mm. Hope to keep this scale/gauge ratio a bit longer alive.

Groeten, Ashe

 

[PhilP]

Welcome to the Forum!
We have a number of members interested in trams. Just beware of the terrible puns and jokes!

PhilP

 

[casey jones snr]

Welcome to the forum Ashe.
That is a lovely picture that you have posted.

 

[Paul M]

Welcome to the forum Ashe, plenty of tram interest on here, and several Netherlanders too, so there'll be plenty to keep you interested

 

[idlemarvel]

Welcome to the club Ashe. Love the tram! Never come across 1:10 scale on 45 mm track before, what would that represent?

 

[JimmyB]

Welcome to the forum hope that the learning is a two-way street

Never come across 1:10 scale on 45 mm track before, what would that represent?

10 X 45mm = 450 mm so 0.45 mtr

 

[Rhinochugger]

Welcome to the club Ashe. Love the tram! Never come across 1:10 scale on 45 mm track before, what would that represent?

Mmmm - something twice the size of my 1:20.3, so about 18 inch track gauge - only Jimmy kept his answers in metric

 

[playmofire]

Welcome, Ashe, that tram opens up a whole new horizon of rail travel.

 

[idlemarvel]

Welcome to the forum hope that the learning is a two-way street


10 X 45mm = 450 mm so 0.45 mtr

Sorry Jimmy I could work that out, honest! What I should have asked was what runs on 450 mm / 18 in gauge track in real life? I have come across 2 ft narrow gauge and 15 in "park" railways but not 18 in.

 

[Henri]

Welkom Ashe! NIce to see a fellow Dutch tram maniac! My main interest is the RTM material and history.

 

[GooiseMoordenaar]

Welcome to the club Ashe. Love the tram! Never come across 1:10 scale on 45 mm track before, what would that represent?

It was supposed to be an estate railway with a gauge of 18 inch, (or about 450 mm.)

 

[Paul M]

What a lovely looking line

 

[playmofire]

What a lovely looking line

What a lovely looking line

I guess you're including the young lady driver in that too.

 

[DafyddElvy]

Haywood size tramway on 45mm track, now that would look impressive in the garden.
The only 450mm gauge tramways I know where more of an industrial nature than public passenger.

Their is the Great Laxy Mine Railway which was originally just a system built for mining but is now operated as a passenger system. The Sand Hutton Railway, a passenger carrying system although not a tramway.
The Tarn Light Railway is 500mm gauge which had a tramway feel about it.

Just some thoughts.

Welcome to the group, I look forward to seeing some more of your models.

 

[Madman]

Welcome aboard. I too am delving into 7/8s scale. I've built a few pieces of rolling stock and two locomotives.

 

[mike]

Hi !!!

 

[Paul M]

I guess you're including the young lady driver in that too.

Well.....

 

[dunnyrail]

Welcome to the forum Ashe, lovely looking models and an interesting slant on scale. Be interested to here more about the construction, power supply etc of the tram.

 

[tac foley]

Welkom Ashe! NIce to see a fellow Dutch tram maniac! My main interest is the RTM material and history.

In that case - two things -

1. Welcome to our new Niederlander!

and

2. Got any details of THIS device?

 

[Henri]

Yessir. That is my beloved M67. Built in 1937 based upon a post/goods waggon. Then with four electric engines and a diesel motor. Burnt down in 1947 but was luckily not modernised, rather rebuilt in it's original shape. Nowadays it has two electric traction engines and was again completely rebuilt/restored in 2009 at the RTM museum, after it has spent many, many years at the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht, Netherlands, outdoors...

It is not the most powerful locomotive in the fleet, but by far the most unique looking!

I recognise the engineer, Guido Baars. And it is driving 'backwards', notice the tiny A in the window, mentioning 'Achterzijde', or backside.