Model Train ScalesWhat are the model train scales? It can be confusing without the right foundation information. There is the N Scale Trains, the HO Scale Trains, there are G and O Scale Model Trains, and then right down to the little toy trains. So what is Scale or Gauge when speaking of Model Railroads?
Just under this scale are the O Scale Model trains, Garden or g Scale model trains, which became the rage in the 1960s and 70s, and are still popular today. These are the most popular new purchase for Holiday Decorations too. People love their Christmas Trains, and these are the perfect types. They come in electric, battery and live steam propulsion. The "ready-to-run" models, kits and parts are also available for commercial sized projects.
The O Scale was originally touted as a little toy train. Toy meaning, low cost, high durability for kids, and just the right size. Easy to add to, most familiar character train, pull toy type not needing a track. Remember the old wind up or battery run trains? Those were all O Scale. Guess who is the most popular O scale model trains again this decade?
In today's toy train market, the line was crossed long ago, and we have electric "toy" trains, instead of calling them models. Here are the two best selling smaller O Scale trains over the past five years.
And YES! Girls love Model Trains too! Here was the top selling trains for girls this year. 
This Freight Set features the 2360 Pennsylvania pink 5 stripe electric engine with operating pantographs, horn, and bell. The New York Central pink gondola with barrels, the MKT buttercup yellow boxcar, the Lehigh Valley lilac hopper with platinum load and hatch cover kit, the New York Central robin's egg blue boxcar, and the Pennsylvania sky blue N5c illuminated caboose. All cars feature die-cast trucks with operating couplers. Minimum curve O-27. Read on to the next page to learn more about model train scales. We will explain the N Scale trains and the HO scale trains plus all the accessories that make them great in home railroads. We will also show you actual pictures of all model train scales. Jump HOME from Model Train Scales |
A model train's "scale" is the relationship between its size and the size of an actual train. "Gauge" is the distance between a track's rails-or width of tracks. Most of us remember the train we rode on at the amusement park as a child. Those are classified as "Grand Scale. They typically sat three people across and have about 4 or 5 cars.
Then there was the rides you got to take alone on the Live Steam Scale model trains. This next smaller down model was the one seating children in a row behind each other. Those were fun while we were young!
