I am just getting into Trains and I was wondering what is the diffrence between train scales.
like HO = Scale and so on...
Posted by Chuck Walsh (Member # 677) on :
Per MR, Sept. 97 Scale is the size of things on a model rr relative to the actual real like things on a real rr Z- 1:220, approx length to a 50 ft car, 2 1/4" N- 1:160 approx length to a 50 ft car, 3 3/4" HO-1:87 approx length to a 50 ft car, 7" S-1:64 approx length to a 50 ft car, 9 1/4 O-1:48 approx length to a 50 ft car, 12 1/2
Gauge, is the distance between the inside of the heads of track rails.