confusion over locos

High, just bought 12 yards of peco 12mm 75 track to increase my TT layout. This is HOM. My lady wife would like a narrow gauge line instead, so we looked at availability.  My understanding was that Egger Bahn, was HOe, but many for sale on Ebay, say HOe/m. Do they adjust or what.. If not, what brand  will run on HOm thanks. john

Hi John

I find these gauges/scales very confusing, but the wiki is quite good…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_modelling_scales

I may be wrong (often am) but I think HOe is 9mm (N gauge) Track and HOm is a European scale/gauge using 12mm (TT) track.

HOe is therefore similar to UK 009.

Egger Bahn states they are HOn30 (whatever that is) and use 9mm track :???:

Had a quick search on HOm and BEMO seem to be one make.

http://www.eurorailhobbies.com/bemo.asp

http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/bemo-hom

https://railsofsheffield.com/search/search-results.aspx?searchTerm=bemo

Don't look particularly cheap though.


Ed
 

hi, ED, thanks. Found Bemo, and needed a chair, as not cheap. Egger Bahn on ebay france, where i live, shows  HOe, or HOm, so i wondered whether they adjusted, As i have all these gauges, will buy a cheap Egger and have a look. Also, other continental TT makes about. Got the track for a steal. as guy mistakenly bought it for 00. john

[user=1879]Yelrow[/user] wrote: 

Got the track for a steal. as guy mistakenly bought it for 00. john

That was lucky, well done :thumbs

ED, It appears i have choice of Bemo, or tillig, neither of which are cheap. As you indicated, Egger Bahn, n gauge, which is a pity, as much much cheaper. Will lay the track and run my existing TT triang trains, pro tem, whilst keeping an eye on ebay france. john

Best of luck with the search John.

Ed

Hi All,
maybe I can help you?

Popular Narrow Gauges in 3,5 mm H0 Scale of 1:87 are:

H0m → 12 mm → similar to TT Gauge -> Meter- and Kapegauge
H0n3 → 10,5 mm -> 3' ft. Gauge USA
H0n3Z → 10,5 mm Cograil -> Swiss
H0e/H0n30/H0n2,5 → 9 mm similar to N Gauge -> All prototypes from 750 mm to 900 mm Gauges
H0f → 6,5 mm -> similar to Z Gauge all prototypes from 500 mm to 700 mm Gauges

The british 00-9 in 4 mm Scle reflecting all prototypes from 500 mm to 900 mm Gauges.

It is a little worrying or confusing sometimes.

About the old Eggerbahn equipment sold by eBay, it gives three Periods of these fine models.

1rst period, when Eggerbahn managed their own distribution of the models.

2nd period, when Eggerbahn and the french Joueff made a cooperation together from the mid 1980's until mid 1990's only one decade.

3rd period, when Eggerbahn models became highpriced and made from a swiss company. Prices of more than 1000 € for a badly running analog loco are too much.