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Gn15 is a model railroad scale.

Generally Gn15 Models are G scale trains running on HO/OO (16.5 mm) track, thus representing minimum gauge and miniature railways. Typical modelling scaled are 1:24, but scales from 1:22.5 to 1:29 have been used. Despite the often contentious scale name debates prevalent in the large scale community, the Gn15 community has universally accepted the term Gn15 as the name for this scale over other possible names.

Gn15 modeling is a realativly new phenomenon in the model railroading world. While the idea of this scale has existed for some time, as evidenced by the early efforts of Marc Horovitz, editor of Garden Railways magazine, Gn15 did not gain any measure of popularity until the Sidelines range of models. Following the advent of these kits, a few other lines of kits became available.

Inital community development took place on Yahoo email groups, but these have been superseded by the forums at Gn15.info as the primary form of communication between the far flung practitioners of this scale.

Contents 1 0n9, GNine and related scales 2 Links 2.1 Forums 2.2 Mailing Lists 2.3 Gn15 Suppliers 2.4 Trackplans, Layouts, and Models

Alongside Gn15 other modeling scales have developed to cover both the modelling of minimum gauge lines in scales smaller than G, and 'minature' lines (less than 15") in G scale.

On9 is the use of N gauge track in 7mm scale to represent a 'miniumum gauge' line. In comparison GNine is the use of 9mm track to represent 'minature' lines. GNine is a 'flexible' term for scale, unlike other finescales used in railway modelling.

• Gn15.info - The center of the Gn15 internet community
• The Gnatterbox - Gn15.info's very active forum

• Pepper7 - Home to the Sidelines range or locos, cars, and details
• Schomberg Scale Models - Has a line of Gn15 items based on 'Winky', a peat hauling line in Canada
• Tom Yorke Studios - producing a number of different quality Gn15 models
• Scott Buschlen (Ontario) now has Superb Listers available, link via Gnatterbox.

• Micro Layouts for Model Railroads - Dedicated to layout planning in less the 4 square feet, many of the plans here are in Gn15
• Ian's Gn15 pages - Home to many models in the scale along with several great layouts
• Kelso Creek Kelso Creek 2- A layout by Terry Allen
• MikeMott Models - Featuring a series of Gn15 models and Layouts of a very high quality
• The homepage of Brian Fayle - Home to many fine models in Gn15 and other scales and also home to an extensive tutorial on painting figures
• Gn15 by Urban
• The Gn15 Modeler
• Gn15 at World Railfans
• Modeling by Gerry Bullock
• Mogtrains
• Dawg's Train House -The World of Minimum Gauge model railroading.