Description
The PECO SL500 O-16.5 Narrow Gauge Flexible Track offers 7mm scale modellers an ideal combination of impressive scale detail in a relatively compact layout footprint. Part of PECO’s Streamline Code 100 range, this 914mm length of flexible track with wooden sleepers is specifically designed for O-16.5 modelling — one of the most rewarding and fast-growing areas of the hobby.
The O-16.5 combination uses standard 16.5mm gauge track in 7mm scale, producing a prototype equivalent of approximately 2ft 4ins — typical of the light industrial, quarry, and rural narrow gauge railways that once criss-crossed Britain and Ireland. This makes the PECO SL500 the natural choice for modellers recreating slate quarry systems, estate railways, peat bog tramways, or any of the countless narrow gauge workings that characterised the industrial landscape of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
In the USA the same scale and gauge combination is known as On30, where the resulting prototype gauge of close to 30 inches places it firmly in the tradition of American two-foot gauge logging and mining railroads — giving the PECO SL500 broad international appeal.
A practical advantage for modellers is that O-16.5 track is compatible with standard HO/OO gauge mechanisms, significantly widening the choice of available locomotives and rolling stock.
Specifications:
- Product code: SL500
- Range: PECO Streamline Code 100
- Scale/Gauge: O-16.5 (7mm narrow gauge)
- Prototype equivalent: Approx. 2ft 4ins (On30 in USA)
- Sleeper type: Wooden
- Length: 914mm (approx. 36 inches)
