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Like many who make it to my age, I have been many things. My early training was in electronics but along the way I have been a mathematician, a theoretical physicist and a computer programmer. But my latest career takes me back full circle to electronics engineering.

I was born in Australia and presently live with my wife and young daughter in Canada, but who knows where we will end up next.

I blog at: http://errantengineer.blogspot.com/

Hobbies & Games > Model Building & Radio Control An introduction to model railroading

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Railroad modeling is a very popular hobby in many parts of the world, not only in North America. Reading articles in the North American magazines or websites you could be forgiven for thinking that nobody else models trains. Here is a short summary of the major features of railway modeling around the world. NORTH AMERICA This market is dominated by HO (1:87 3.5mm/foot) scale which represents possibly 60% or more of the market. N scale (1:160) represents probably around 16% with O scale (1:43) following along. Other scales have still smaller user base but remain popular and string in their ...

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