Military Railroads

[Morian Miner]

Just in case anyone is interested in adding trains to their diorammas, I thought I would dump some information here regarding potential military railroad models. I find this stuff every so often, so I thought I would share. Most of the info will be for 1/18, since that's what most of my BBI and XD is for.

Maginot Line, France WWII

The French used a 2-foot underground railway to link the various forts. For 1/18, you can use "O"-scale track and mechanisms. O-scale track is generally oversized in gauge and rail height. It come out to be a scale 22.5 inches wide, which is only 1" narrower than the gauge the French used (600 mm or 23.6 inches). Found a good site showing technical info on the French equipment

http://www.maginot.info/uk/fermont/train1.html

RAF Ammunition Depots

The British also used narrow-gauge trams to serve RAF ammunition depots. Can't remember if they were built to 24-inch gauge or 600 mm gauge. Anyways, same rules apply as the Maginot line. This site is a good starting point

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mccam ... asters.htm

Small British Trains

Found this one day, thought it was too cool. A 15" gauge British Armored train.

http://www.narrow-gauge-pleasure.co.uk/rlyromney.html

For this, I would probably go to S-scale track and mechanisms. I am considering building one of these, just because it is so unique.

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