The Model Railroading thread

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

All of that stuff is readily available. [...]

Thanks Steve!

What i did not know is that the first railroad companies in the US seems to have used wider gauges than is now standard, it was only during and after the civil war that the systems were adapted to one new standard (taking away the freedom of having individual gauge tracks ).
And no, i do not intend to build own rails to adapt to that, so will use HO track all the way while having a profile as low as possible (80, 75 or less – will prove own problems like with the wheels, but i guess i can do that). I do not know whether there was narrow gauge (like 3 foot and narrower as you mentioned) of any kind used before 1862? Would be interesting for sure!

Thank you very much for mentioning some companies dealing with that, will look for it!