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British N gauge
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | British N gauge |
| image_filename | Lms 4-6-0.JPG |
| image_caption | Unnumbered Peco Jubilee |
| scale | 2 1/16mm to 1 ft |
| ratio | 1:148 |
| gauge | |
| prototype_gauge | Standard gauge |
British N gauge is a model railway scale and gauge. Rolling stock is to a scale of 1:148, and track is width as with all other N gauges, making track and rolling stock approximately 10% out of scale with respect to each other. The track width derives from a scale of 1:160 for rails.
Background
When N gauge was developed it proved impossible to fit the then available motors into scale models of British prototype locomotives. British railways use a smaller loading gauge than those in Europe and America, resulting in smaller locomotives. A greater body size was required on the models to accommodate the motors, so instead of adopting the correct 1:160 scale, 1:148 was used. This allows larger models, but means that the gauge is not an accurate representation of standard gauge. A similar problem and solution was adopted with OO gauge and British TT gauge in Britain. However, since N scales to 1332 mm gauge, it is less out of scale than OO (1257 mm) or TT3 (1219 mm) in representing the standard gauge.
Manufacturers
- Graham Farish is the most prolific manufacturer, producing British locomotives, rolling stock and buildings.
- Peco manufactures track and British outlined buildings in kit form and rollingstock.
- Dapol produces locomotives and rolling stock.
- Revolution Trains produce British locomotives and rolling stock
- Other companies produce kits for buildings, rolling stock and other parts - including Metcalfe models, Ratio, P&D Marsh and others.
- CJM Models produce hand built models of locomotives and other rolling stock.
Former manufacturers
- Minitrix/Hornby - prior to being taken over by Märklin Minitrix produced British outline rolling stock and locomotives, which were sold in association with Hornby.
- Lima - Produced some rolling stock and locomotives
- Hornby produced British outline buildings in N gauge as part of its Lyddle End range.
References
References
- [http://teladesign.com/british-n-scale/standards.html British N Scale Standards] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-02-03 ''teladesign.com'')
- [http://www.cjmmodels.co.uk/ CJM Models website] ''cjmmodels.co.uk''
- [http://teladesign.com/british-n-scale/minitrix.html Minitrix] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-07-16 ''teladesign.com'')
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