Model railroad scale: What type cars do I have? Is this N scale?
atI've seen answers questions ae ge info below, comparing. box vehicle 5 7/8" the"box" pt jt 1 1/4" (not including wheels). track measurements confusing, tracks. measure INSIDE wheels, it's1/2", measure outer side, it's 3.4". scale?? **********************************************
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Z Scale - Trains built ratio 1:220. 75-foot lg locomotive measures 4 inches long. rails track 6.5 mm apart. Scale - Trains built ratio 1:160. 75-foot locomotive 5 ½ inches long. rails track spaced 9 mm apart. HO Scale - Trains built ratio 1:87. 75-foot lg locomotive 10 ½ inches long. rails track 7/8 inches apart.
The "gauge" separation rails. ds tell wt "scale at tt shrunk form real life railroad "Prototype". example, 1/87 scale, 30 inch gauge vehicle wl run scale 1/160 track. scale 30 inch gauge Carsrun HO standard gauge track. play odds, scale/gauge you'll pick standard HO. Mt hobby shops tell instant wt have. measure wheels tell wide appropraite track wd be, measure outside flanges wheels. inside dimension horizontally flat pt wheel sits rail. gt hobby!
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October 16th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Hi:
If you have the box for it . It will tell you what scale it is..
If you don't have it Than do one of the three things:
1) Take it to a hobby shop that sells model railroad trains and have it them find out for you.
2) look up website for your train model and see if you can find it there Here are some websites to get you started:
http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/
http://www.thortrains.net/
http://www.trains.com/trc/
http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/
http://www.modelrailroads.net/
http://www.simplytrains.com/index.html
http://www.gatewaynmra.org/search.htm
http://www.modelrailroads.net/Model_Railroad_Links/Links_and_Directories/more2.html
Since you know how big your scale model of your train box car is, go thru those website and see if you can find your box car and compare the measurement of what they say there to the measurement of your train, if they closely match than you found your scale
3) Look up "Train box car measurements" on the web and find out what the actual measurement of a standard box car of what your scale model is suppose be. than by the math you did above, the closest measurement to the scale model wins and that your scale
Hope this helps.
References :
October 16th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
The "gauge" is the separation of the rails. THis does not always tell you what the "scale is which is the amount that it is shrunk form the real life railroad or "Prototype". For example, a 1/87 scale, 30 inch gauge car will run on N scale 1/160 track. O scale 30 inch gauge cars run on HO standard gauge track. If you play the odds, by far the most likely scale/gauge that you will pick up is standard HO. Most hobby shops can tell you in an instant what you have. To measure the wheels to tell how wide the appropraite track would be, measure just outside the flanges of the wheels. This is the inside dimension of the horizontally flat part of the wheel where it sits on the rail. Its a great hobby!
References :
http://www.nmra.org