Hey, I just fake it until I make it.
Lionel Trains had three rails and were S-gauge. The O-gauge trains were like the Micro Machines, they were that small. HO was about Matchbox Car size. I had a train set that was comparable in size, but had two rails. Apparently, that was S-gauge. The "G-gauge" trains are what are termed "lawn trains".
We were too poor for Leggo, so it was American Bricks, which didn't hold together worth a damn. You had to build the buildings in place, or risk them falling apart.
Then, with the tree up, the train circling it and your back screaming because you were bent over all afternoon, you head off and play on the 'puter and fight with LT and Java. Looks like a full day to me.
I'm far from an intellectual. I attended university, I never graduated.
If I were smart, I wouldn't feel like the Packleds of Star Trek TNG fame looking for "things to make us go" while trying to locate Geordie La'Forge, so I could kidnap him to make me stronger.
Ooh, I were WRONG! Toy train set gauges are as follows. See? Far from intellectual.
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The words
scale and
gauge seem at first interchangeable but their meanings are different.
Scale is the model's measurement as a proportion to the original, while
gauge is the measurement between the rails.
The size of engines depends on the scale and can vary from 700 mm (27.6 in) tall for the largest ridable
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scales such as 1∶4, down to matchbox size for the smallest:
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(1∶220) or
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(1∶450). A typical
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engine is 50 mm (1.97 in) tall, and 100 to 300 mm (3.94 to 11.81 in) long. The most popular scales are:
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,
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,
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,
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,
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(in Britain, the similar
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),
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, and
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(1∶160 in the United States, but 1∶148 in the UK). HO and OO are the most popular. Popular narrow-gauge scales include
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,
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and
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, which are the same in scale as S, HO and N except with a narrower spacing between the tracks (in these examples, a scale 3 ft (914 mm) instead of the 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge).
The largest common scale is 1∶8, with 1∶4 sometimes used for park rides.
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(Garden,
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) is most popular for backyard modelling. It is easier to fit a G scale model into a garden and keep scenery proportional to the trains.
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and Gauge 3 are also popular for gardens. O, S, HO, and N scale are more often used indoors.
Scale | Ratio |
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T | 1∶450 |
ZZ | 1∶300 |
Z | 1∶220 |
N | 1∶160 |
2mm | 1∶152 |
TT | 1∶120 |
3mm | 1∶101 |
HO | 1∶87 |
OO | 1∶76.2 |
S | 1∶64 |
O | 1∶48 |
1 | 1∶32 |
G | 1∶22.5 |