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  2. Rail transport modelling - Wikipedia

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    Transport portal. v. t. e. A Japanese H0e scale model railroad. One of the smallest ( Z scale, 1:220) placed on the buffer bar of one of the larger ( live steam, 1:8) model locomotives. HO scale (1:87) model of a North American center cab switcher shown with a pencil for size. Z scale (1:220) scene of a 2-6-0 steam locomotive being turned.

  3. Model Railroader - Wikipedia

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    Website. mrr .trains .com. ISSN. 0026-7341. Model Railroader ( MR) is an American magazine about the hobby of model railroading. Founded in 1934 by Al C. Kalmbach, it is published monthly by Kalmbach Media of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Commonly found on newsstands and in libraries, it promotes itself as the oldest magazine of its type in the United ...

  4. HO scale - Wikipedia

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    Model gauge. 16.5 mm ( 0.65 in) Prototype gauge. Standard gauge. HO or H0 is a rail transport modelling scale using a 1:87 scale (3.5 mm to 1 foot). It is the most popular scale of model railway in the world. [ 1][ 2] The rails are spaced 16.5 millimetres (0.650 in) apart for modelling 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 81⁄2 in) standard gauge tracks and trains ...

  5. Atlas Model Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc. makes scale models in N scale, HO scale, and O scale. The company is based in Hillside, New Jersey, United States. They produce a wide variety of locomotives, rolling stock, and vehicles. Atlas is well known for their flex track and codes 55, 80, 83 and 100 track. Atlas also produces a line of compatible ...

  6. Rail transport modelling scales - Wikipedia

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    One of the smallest ( Z scale, 1:220) placed on the buffer beam of one of the largest ( Live steam, 1:8) model locomotives. 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. Model railway scales are standardized worldwide by many ...

  7. List of rail transport modelling scale standards - Wikipedia

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    1:22.6. 2. +. 1⁄2 in ( 64 mm) The smallest scale able to pull real passengers. Was one of the first popular live steam gauges, developed in England in the early 1900s. In terms of model railway operation, gauge 3 is the largest (standard gauge) scenic railway modelling scale, using a scale of 13.5 mm to the foot.

  8. American Flyer - Wikipedia

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    American Flyer. American Flyer S-gauge model from the early 1950s of the B&O 4-6-2 "Pacific" steam locomotive, as streamlined in 1937 by Otto Kuhler for the Royal Blue train. American Flyer is a brand of toy train and model railroad, originally manufactured in the United States .

  9. List of model railways - Wikipedia

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    Miniatur Wunderland — the world's largest model railway and airport [3] [4] (HO) - Hamburg, Germany. Miniature Railroad & Village - USA. Modelbane Europa (HO) - Hadsten, Denmark. Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers (O) - USA. National Railway Museum - a railway museum including a model railway (O) - York, United Kingdom.