O has long been regarded as the premium scratchbuilder's scale. AMRA's extensive O Gauge permanent layout occupies the mezzanine of the main hall and provides a rare opportunity for continuous running of O gauge trains on its large oval plan. Its electrical system uses a centre-stud and skate pickup, as opposed to the less natural-looking third rail and roller system. The weight, momentum and noise of the O gauge trains is addictive and unique.
As this scale is the oldest of the three represented at the clubrooms, some of the steam locomotives and their rollingstock modelled by these members date back to the prototypes in the 1950s and 1960s and have outlived the real thing by around forty years!
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