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Using 32 mm (1.26 in) - 0 gauge - track, there is an extensive range of 16 mm to the foot scale [1:19] live-steam and other types of locomotives, rolling stock and accessories. Many of these models are dual gauge, and can be converted to run on 45 mm ( 1.772 in ) track ( gauge 1 ), and radio control is common.
The dominant scale used in the United States for models of "standard gauge" trains running on 45 mm (1.772 in) track, even though 1:32 is more prototypically correct. 1:29 represents standard gauge using 2 in (50.8 mm) gauge track, the original gauge 2. This fell into disuse as gauge 1 at 1.75 inch was very close.
Hesston Steam Museum (dual-gauge lines with 3 ft (914 mm) gauge track also present) (separate 14 in (356 mm) gauge railway and separate 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (190.5 mm) gauge railway also present) (operating) Kentucky: Richwood Tahoe Railroad (operating) Louisiana: Bayou Le Zoo Choo Choo (located in Alexandria Zoological Park) (operating) Maine
Often the gauge has little to do with the scale of a locomotive since larger equipment can be built in a narrow gauge railway configuration. For instance, scales of 1.5, 1.6, 2.5, and 3 inches per foot (corresponding to scales of 1:8 to 1:4) have been used on a 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 190.5 mm ) track gauge.
Henry Greenly's 1:1 blueprint diagrams for 0 to 2½ gauge, a page from the 1924 Bassett-Lowke Catalogue B. Greenly's designs have been celebrated in countless periodicals and books, [4] but the greatest testimony to his skill is the enormous number of his locomotives that are still operating today.
Uintah Railway narrow gauge 2-6-6-2T locomotive. Uintah Railway engines 50 and 51, having track gauge of 36 inches, were built by Baldwin in 1926 and 1928 respectively. These engines were simple articulated locomotives rather than compound Mallet locomotives, and they were 2-6-6-2T tank engines carrying coal behind the cab and water on side tanks.
Like the Barton Wright 0-6-0s of 1876–87, their designed role was for use on goods trains, but with driving wheels 7 inches (180 mm) larger (5 feet 1 inch (1.55 m) instead of 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m) diameter), they were also suitable for passenger trains when required (on which they could reach 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) or more).
To reduce the travel times of fast trains between Chur and St Moritz, locomotives nos 105 onwards were given larger tenders. These held 2.5 tonnes (2.5 long tons; 2.8 short tons) of coal and 9,800 litres (2,200 imp gal; 2,600 US gal) of water, and made it possible to delete the majority of the intermediate coaling and watering stops.
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