i just stumbled onto a remarkable video.
some of you will have seen it already, i suppose, but for those who haven’t:
We all take our hobby to different extremes, Barry probably takes his to where many of use can’t, or don’t go. Having the dollars $$$$$$, plus the time and knowledge to do what he does is one thing, but just being able to do it, is something else. It’s always nice to see a layout that is all built by the owner, this puts you in a one and a million class when it comes to model railroading. It’s probably one of the best built model railroads around, truly from the ground up.
Freaking amazing!
Thanks for posting.
Great video, and Barry’s stuff is top notch.
Gripe: Calling it G and Gn3.
Thanks Korm;
Really beautiful and I truly enjoyed it.
Regards, David Meashey
How does one person find enough hours in their lifetime to do so much quality work?
Bob,
Please explain the gripe. I may be dense but I don’t get it. What is wrong with it?
Joe;
I think the gripe is the use of the term “G (neric)” gauge. It’s an LGB coined term, mainly for their products. The actual gauges in use are #1 gauge and #3 gauge. I hear G gauge at the hobby shop all the time. Goes into one ear and out the other!
Regards, David Meashey
If i recall correctly Barry’s models are based around LGB mechanisms, and as such i believe he used the 1:22.5 ratio for his models, so the “G” gauge is really the narrow gauge. not sure there is any designation for Std Gauge in 1:22.5 ratio.
Since I started with LGB back some 45 years ago I still model in the 1:22.5 scale. I can see why Barry uses LGB mechanisms, to date I have never had to replace any LGB parts in any of my engine’s mechanisms, they do get cleaned and lubed as needed. Some of my engines now have Rail Pro and they never ran so smooth, they will creep along so slow it’s hard to see them move.
Pics of two LGB engine upgraded for my Fort Worth & South-Western Railroad.
That can be a problem when you don’t realize you bumped the throttle to 2 or 3% then walked away only to come back and find the loco has gone missing!
That person is Hyce (Mark Huber) and is a real engineer for the Colorado Railroad Museum. He is the President of Century of Steam building a extremely realistic Online simulation game. I have texted him many times and is massively knowledgeable in real workings of steam engines and operation. Usually he drives a K37 around a circular track.
He also is a very talented musician.
first - thanks, Bob, for the edit. i definitely meant YouTube.
being a german, i can’t resist:
the about 100 years old conventions about modeling scales in continental europe are the following:
(not mentioning the smaller scales)
0 scale (O scale) 1:45 (en 1:43.5 - am 1:48) standard gauge 32mm
1 scale (I scale) 1:32 standard gauge 45mm
(not named) 1:29 standard gauge 49.5mm (theoretical)
H scale 1:24 standard gauge 63.5mm - narrow gauge 45mm
2 scale (II scale) 1:22.5 standard gauge 64mm
IIm scale (2m scale)(m = meter) 1:22.5 narrow gauge 45mm
F scale 1:20.3 standard gauge 70.62mm - narrow gauge 45mm
3 scale (III scale) 1:16 standard gauge 89mm narrow gauge - IIIe - 45mm
M scale 1:13.5 standard gauge 106mm - Mn2 gauge 45mm
IV scale (4 scale) 1:11 standard gauge 127mm narrow gauge - IVf - 45mm
(for the “imperials” a mm is about 3/64 of an inch)
remembering, that the infamous “G” came from Lehmann Groß (big) Bahn and from Lehman Garten Bahn - either we should evade to use “G” as gauge or scale denomination, or we could call 1:29 A(risto) scale…
/rant
If you leave your trains unattended, then most anything can happen.
For us model railroaders we pretty much understand this scale/gauge thing, but most of us when trying to explain this scale to a non-model railroader, the simple terms work the best. I say, It’s the big ones that you see running around the celling in restaurants.
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Very well stated Korm. I too have done similar in the past. It always seems to settle to the bottom and that 'G; moniker seems to float back to the top. Until the manufacturers remove that term it will remain the bane of our hobby.
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Well, the 'German" bit was obvious to me. 
Gauge-2 was dropped by the German manufacturers and they call our Gauge-3 “Spur II”. [There once was a Gauge-1, -2, -3, invented in 1895.]
In the UK, there is a following for Gauge-3, which to them is 1:22.5 Standard Gauge. What @Korm calls “II scale”.
Barry’s layout is the only one I know in the US that is 1:22.5 standard gauge.
I’ve always wondered how Large scale would have played out at a single scale with a narrow gauge and standard gauge. I was quite (read somewhat) ok with the 10 foot rule until I saw the amazing video.
there are many factors for and against the different choices.
it depends on the different tastes of different people.
in colder climates smaller scales give more “action” in less space indoors,
details and “rivet counting” prosper better with the larger scales.
the avayable scenery and stuff play a role too.
for instance, in 1:22.5 one can make or buy figures with facial expresiones - in 1:32 one has to be content, if there are visible mouth and nose.
in europe layouts are not seldom, that are of one scale with different gauges.
in “overseas” it is just the other way around.