Electric Model Trains Scales

Rail transport modelling uses a variety of scales ratio between the real world and the model to ensure scale models look correct when placed next to each other.

Electric model trains scales. The n model train scale is probably the second most popular size. Deciding on a scale size for model trains is a matter of personal preference and budget. Ebay carries a range. Hornby railways have pioneered commercial model live steam in 00 1 76 scale on 16 5 mm gauge the existing models are heated using a controllable electric current through the two running rails and have the steam pressure chamber in the model tender.

This translates to 0 138 inch to 1 foot. The n stands for nine which is the distance in millimeters between the inside rails of the tracks used in this scale. If you re trying to determine what scale model train you should buy start by learning the different options you have. N trains are approximately 1 160.

Today we offer the polar express locomotive and train cars. Model train engines and control systems also vary widely from electric cars to steam powered to gas electric model train locomotives that closely simulate the engines of modern trains. For example the ho scale is 1 87 so an ho scale item is 1 87 the size of the actual full size equipment. These trains are 1 87 the size of their real world prototypes and ho gauge track measures 16 5mm between the rails.

Model trains differ in size from tiny full scale indoor sets to backyard railroads designed large enough to carry train lovers themselves. Scales are expressed as a proportion to the prototype. Shop model train locomotives including diesel electric and steam. For instance ho scale models are 1 87th the size of the real thing.

Lionel s ho trains feature. With a track gauge of 16 5 mm and a scale of 1 87 ho is the most common model train size today. Overshadowing the larger scales in popularity are models built to be approximately half the size of o scale models that s why they are called ho pronounced aitch oh. Model train scales sizes explained.

Model railway scales are standardized worldwide by many organizations and hobbyist groups. Lionel ho products work will all ho gauge systems. Model trains come in many different sizes called scales the scaleof a model is its relative size in proportion to the real thing called the prototype. Lionel has manufactured ho trains several times in its history.