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Hi Guys

Apologies if this has been asked before but does anyone run Hoe and 009 rolling stock together as I've just purchased a few Roco items of HOe items and intend to do something like a what if or it was on loan to the railway for evaluation type idea but I am not sure how it looks when it will run together

Thanks
Alan

Hi Alan, I run both 009 and Hoe together. As I model Indian narrow gauge where every thing goes I no longer have those hang ups. I quite enjoy the flexibility. If one wants to be fastidious about the models then sure stick to one scale. But as I see it, narrow gauge railways used whatever suited their requirements or what was available or what their own shops
Put together. So for me that's 009 and Hoe.
Just enjoy, its your world.
Happy New year,
Robin.

Quote from: Robin Webster on December 31, 2022, 18:23
Hi Alan, I run both 009 and Hoe together. As I model Indian narrow gauge where every thing goes I no longer have those hang ups. I quite enjoy the flexibility. If one wants to be fastidious about the models then sure stick to one scale. But as I see it, narrow gauge railways used whatever suited their requirements or what was available or what their own shops
Put together. So for me that's 009 and Hoe.
Just enjoy, its your world.
Happy New year,
Robin.

Thanks Robin

All the best for 2023

Thanks
Alan

For me it is more about what looks right rather than exact scale.
When at home I just run what I want, but at exhibitions I do try and keep to the appropreate styal for the layouts.

Perhaps with some goods stock it is harder to tell 009 from HOe, but with passenger stock things like the size of doors may (but not necessarily) make the difference obvious. On the other hand there are prototypes that many people would have to duck their heads to climb aboard modelled in 009 and then there are prototypes with plenty of headroom modelled in HOe.

There are models of different prototypes, all modelled to exactly the same scale, which would look odd together on the same layout due to the different sizes of the originals.

Hi Guys

Thanks for the responses it's quite interesting to read the responses on here and have came across one or 2 things I never thought of it just goes to show that a forum never gets the praise it deserves and is always undervalued (by me lol) I'll probably share what I've purchased at the next zoom meeting when all items have arrived

Thanks
Alan

Hi, Alan -

Just a reminder to check out the Society Online Sales shop for lots of bargains and plenty of inspiration - always a good selection of rolling stock (both 009 and H0e) you might not see elsewhere  :)

The Sales Team.