“Real” HO scale cars are indeed HO scale….I presume you are talking about those slot cars that were marketed as HO….they were not, and never were, HO scale….more like S scale (1/64)….they bastardized the scale….

 

To get the 1:87 scale you need to go to the n scale in t-slots. AGM MASTECH Mini Deluxe Block Building N GD Serie Race Sets

 

Maybe a case of some confusion about “scale” vs “gauge”….they are not the same thing, but are used interchangeably by many….

 

Yes, and I've never figured out why. They are not the same thing and never will be.

 

Ronham said; “You can run O scale trains on O-27 track and visa versa.”

Yeah? Try running any Lionel Berkshire on 0-27 track. Or an F3 A-A sante Fe set.
Get back to me with the results. lmao.
😉

 

Ronham said; “You can run O scale trains on O-27 track and visa versa.”

Yeah? Try running any Lionel Berkshire on 0-27 track. Or an F3 A-A sante Fe set.
Get back to me with the results. lmao.
😉

Reread my last sentence.

 

Lionel always had different size cars even in prewar with the 800 and 600 series. The 800 was so much larger. the couplers would not meet a 600 series car. In postwar the cars could couple but you would see a height, length, and width difference. Most of my rolling stock is 027 compatible. When the length hangs over on the curves it is time to go to O gage track. I will say the 027 rolling stock is close to S scale. My MKT 600 switcher would navigate 027 it was not something I would do to enjoy. I do have both on my table.

 

I have a Shay (2 truck by Sprectum), it's 1;43 and runs on HO track, they called it on30 :dunno:

I have a Shay (2 truck by Sprectum), it's 1;43 and runs on HO track, they called it on30 :dunno:

its !/48th, scale , The English 1/43, the us and germany 1/48th and the french 1/50th, the all are considerd 0 scale

 

0 27 is not a scale

 

It this the discussion between gage and scale? The original picture was posted by the op but he is not the maker.
027 may not be a scale but it does have a scale associated to it. Just compare an O gage car to an 027 car.
When I first started collected I never thought about the size of cars until I ran into an O gage car. It was so much larger but still not a true O scale car.. guess it really was the scale of the cars I noticed. After thinking about it I noticed an 027 car is close to an S scale car.

 

Nice picture, but if I wanted to pick a scale it would need to be relative to my physical space. Show me a circle of track with the train on top of a 4' x 8'.

 

Good to see this post. Very interesting.

 

What scale are those "backyard" trains have seen and heard about on this sight? can you ride on them?

 

no, you cant ride them, they range in scale from 1/32 scale to 1/20th scale , in the past 40 plus years, but historically modelers have built layouts in their gardens in all the scales back to the first wind up trains, Todays Garden trains Are powered with traditional transformers, batteries and Radio control or even live steam.

 

TT scale not sold in USA

 

Thank you for posting this, very helpful

 

Where does ON30 fit?

 

In message #3.

 

The same place HOe and HOm fit.

 

I do not know Z scale could be built. The tiny motor is an obstacle for sure. Coreless motors are smallest compared to 3 or 5 pole motors. Amazing IMO but I went with N scale.

 

i carried Z in my shop for 1 year" Marklin " until I was asked to service an German Tank engine . The motor was the size of a Pea. after that no more Z

 

The next step above was historically called 1 Gauge not G, and was in the rage of 1/32 scale here in the US . Way back when this formula was put in place there was no G ! The same issue in o gauge . its not o it was 0 ( Zero Gauge) , H0 ( Half Zero ) ect. This ,at the time, also was meant to Standardize track gauges for the Toy Train industry at the time and little to do with scale.

 

The biggest issue this the comparison photo is how they have it listed under O and O27 , and has little to do with size proportions and is misleading

 

Need to add T guage at 1:450 TGauge.us | At a scale of 1:450 TGauge is the smallest commercially available model railway in the WORLD!

 

Need to add T guage at 1:450 TGauge.us | At a scale of 1:450 TGauge is the smallest commercially available model railway in the WORLD!

How about a picture with N, Z and T side by side? About 1/2 of Z?

 

Or vacuum nearby.... 😁

 

Here is my representation of G, O, S, HO, N and Z. It was done for Brookgreen Gardens for Nights of a Thousand Candles

 

T gague was added but it was not reliable enough to run for 6 hours straight for the 22 days of Nights of a Thousand Candles. However the even smaller Teeny Train (1/1000) does very well.

 

Here is a Kato N scale SD40-2 and an AZL Z scale SD40-2.

Z scale unit is almost 4in length and N scale unit is about 5.5in.