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Wow!! Do I long for the day when I can Build My "dream" railroad. Right now the layouts have mainly been for the kids.... I am not sure how many different scales you have, but, starting from the smallest and working up the scales are:
Z = 1:220; one actual foot measures 1.4 mm; track guage is 6.5 mm and the length of a scale mile is 24 feet
N = 1:160; one actual foot measures 1.9 mm; track guage is 9.0 mm and a scale mile is 33 feet
HO = 1:87; one actual foot equals 3.5 mm; track guage is 16.5 mm and a scale mile is 60 feet 7 1/2 inches
S = 1:64 one actual foot equals 3/16 inch; track guage is 7/8 inch and a scale mile is 82 feet 6 inches
O = 1:48; one actual foot measures 1/4 inch; track guage is 1 1/4 inch and the length of a scale mile is 110 feet
Gn3 = 1:22.5; one actual foot measures 12.5 mm; track guage is 1 3/4 inch (No. 1) and the length of a scale mile is 248 feet 8 inches
Hope this helps out!! Good luck and Happy Modeling!! John
------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!
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John is pretty much on the money with the scales that he listed. These are the most comercially available scales in the US. However, for the sake of information there are several other scales used throughout the world of Model RR's.
As I mentioned these scales are not commonly available in the US but they are out there. For the number of products available, HO is the most popular in the US followed closely by N scale(which stands for "Not if you Need glasses"), and then I think G (translated "Great amounts of money required")scale has taken over third position from O scale in popularity. Remember the Rio Grande! Scott
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Scott is quite right about the other scales, which are of course more popular in Europe etc. Now that I am building in N again I can truely say that I think I need to get my eyes checked....not as good as they were the last time I was in N !! Happy Modeling!! John
------------------ The Santa Fe and Southwestern, Chief of the Southwest!
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00 Guage was popular in the late 40's and 50's. So much so, that one of the best steam locos was the Lionel (Yes, the toy train maker!) NYC Hudson. Also American Beauty Lines made some of the BEST passenger cars I have ever seen. Lionel also made an F3 - in both NYC & ATSF paint schemes.
Tom Herlihy Spring Lake RR (HO - when I get a place to put it).
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