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Gn15 outdoors

General Discussion
#1

I’m getting ready to build an outdoor Gn15 layout that will deliver mine cars to a transfer to my G layout. Does anyone know of anyone mofrling Gn15 outsuide?

#2
Doug Arnold said:
I'm getting ready to build an outdoor Gn15 layout that will deliver mine cars to a transfer to my G layout. Does anyone know of anyone mofrling Gn15 outsuide?
I have no answer to your question....but while I was surfing Ebay today, I ran across a few Scratch Gn15 mining engines for sale-cool stuff...
#3

Try www.Gn15 info , it is a quite good site .

Mike

#4
Mike Morgan said:
Try www.Gn15 info , it is a quite good site .

Mike


Broken link Mike. I tried .com, .org and .nfo but no go. What is teh complete URL please?

Thanks,

JR

Never mind. It’s .info www.gn15.info but they are down for an overhaul.

#5

It must be me old eyes , Jon , did not see that I had missed it out .

It is worth looking at when it comes back , it has an example of modelling by my son .

Mike

As a point of interest , when I typed the above , I tried using apostrophe “s” and the whole screen jumped up half depth , and a red "what search do you wish to perfom " message came up . Wossat den ?

#6

http://hometown.aol.com/Gn15modeler/index.html

http://gn15.info/index.php?id=57

http://www.gn15.net/

http://www.rbadesign.net/TERRAPIN/

googled Gn15, came up with some sites.

Carl’s microlayout site is a good source also

http://carendt.com/

Someone at MLS tried doing a Gn15 mine tram outdoors but had too many problems with the great outdoors blowing the cars over or causing derailments and switched it to Gn24 (using O gauge track instead of HO)

#7

Shame about the site being down for maintenance (my post above) .
We had a Gn15 layout as part of a G scale one outside , we had no problem with it , except the main one that caused us to take the lot out to rebuild at waist level . We use PECO track , which is scaled to Gn , though HO track is ok if the sleepers are hidden . We used that where the track is buried in level yards . We had one siding feeding a timber mill , and another feeding a cement works .
All of the loco and rolling stock are kit built and will be running again on the rebuild . We use DCC by Lenz , not had any problems .
Mike

#8

It’s good to hear someone has ventured outside with Gn15. I know I will have some challenges with wind but I’ll just be watchful. I heard there is a G Scaker near the Tehachipi Loop that had to install netting below a trestle to catch falling equipment!

#9

Hi,

try here: http://www.gn15.info/index.php

Be careful, only people with practical modelling experience and good humor around those pages.
No Cold War chatter.

Have Fun

Juergen Zirner

#10

Doug, did you ever get your Gn15 layout working?
I have an incredibly narrow back yard, and after 2 years of watching my trains lurch through 4’ turns I’m thinking of ditching the works and moving to an “agricultural” Gn15 layout.

I have some stock Bachmann engines and I’ve ordered the Peco track, but I’m not sure what to do for roadbed!

Anyway, I’d love to hear how things turned out with your endeavor.

–dan

#11

Dan,

What is incredibly narrow? Can you list the dimensions?

#12

Mike
What size is the Peco track you are referring to?
I have been toying with some Gn15 for a little while and dont like the look of the HO track and was thinking of buying some On30, however it is more expensive and harder to locate someone with it in stock.
Regards
Dave

#13

Hi Ric,
I’ve been authorized for 5’ wide by our Right of Way Dept. (my wife) She’s actually being quite generous as the whole yard is only about 12’ wide. I go back and forth about ditching the G scale. At least to start, I’d like to build a small narrow gauge industrial railroad that runs above my normal rails from “peak to peak” on the small hills I’ve constructed.
I have a 3yr old and a 5 yr old and thought it might be fun to grow some strawberries this year and then let the Gn15 train carry them around! (Geek fun!)

#14

Quick follow up to my earlier message. There are some fantastic images in the photo gallery of what appears to be Gn15 “critter” style locomotives working outdoors. Does anyone know who’s these are? They look great and to be frank are what’s inspiring me to try this!

#15

Dan,

I think most of those pics are either 7/8n2 or 7/8n18 critters done by Rob Bennet, Pete, Ferd and some of the other regulars over at http://www.7-8ths.info/

-Brian

#16

Hmm… thanks for the info, there is one thing apparent… there are a lot of different size trains running in gardens around the world!

#17
Dan Sherman said:
... there are a lot of different size trains running in gardens around the world!
Dan, You can change your statement just a little bit and state another interesting statement -

“there were a lot of different size trains running in the world!”

Many trains were industrial equipment that were used for everything from building highways like US 50 across the United States, harvesting crops from fields or moving inventory in wharehouses. It was just equipment that moved supplies and it was replaced by other technology. In many cases, nobody thought it was special enough to even warrant a picture.