9mm track/Trams.

[Steve Facknell]

Just a general question.
Am I allowed to post about 1/87th Trams which have been fitted with KATO 9mm gauge motor bogies?

[Graeme Dunbar]

I'm interested! I think the Society is a broad church so I don't see why not.

[Webmaster]

No problem, post away  :)

[Hobby]

I can't think of many 750/760mm gauge trams in Real Life, most were Metre gauge and above. I appreciate Steve's are probably larger gauge ones regauged but can anyone link to some smaller gauge ones? I know of one in Slovakia but that's about it!

[Retiarius]

Lisbon trams are 900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in).

[Hobby]

Yes, but that's virtually the same as metre gauge, which are very common just the imperial version, I should have said Metre/3ft gauge! I was thinking more of 2ft 6ins and metric equivalent (750/760mm) which would be 1/87 scale on 9mm gauge track?

This is the one I referred to, a genuine 760mm gauge roadside tram:

https://www.trencinregion.sk/en/64729/the-historic-tram-celebrates-110-years-of-regular-traffic

[Steve Facknell]

Would have loved to go on the Goulash cooking tram!

Excellent insight.

Steve

https://dorsetrailwaymodelling.blogspot.com/

[Simon Hargraves]

There was a short but very picturesque 760mm gauge tramway at Ybbs An Der Donau in Austria; I've got a book about it somewhere. I seem to remember that it only had a couple of cars, both quite small, and ran from the main line railway station to the town centre.
Simon.

[Hobby]

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stra%C3%9Fenbahn_Ybbs

[engerth399]

Dubrovnik system was also 76 cm gauge. A few pictures online.
Peter

[Hobby]

https://www.dubrovnik-travel.net/trams-dubrovnik/

[Steve Facknell]

A selection of photos of the conversions.

https://dorsetrailwaymodelling.blogspot.com/

[Steve Facknell]

The 4 wheel Kato under the Lisbon Tram.


https://dorsetrailwaymodelling.blogspot.com/

[clayliner]

Definitely 'like', Steve. (Even better in real life!)

David.

[Crichworkshop2000]

If you want to do a British narrow gauge tramway then there is the Sutton and Alford which was 2' 6"  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alford_and_Sutton_Tramway