HO scale
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HO or H0 is a rail transport modelling scale using a 1:87 scale. It is the most popular scale of model railway in the world. The rails are spaced 16.5 millimetres apart for modelling 1,435 mm standard
HO-scale (1:87) model of a center cab switcher locomotive made by Bachmann, shown with a pencil for size comparison.
HO-scale model of a CSX locomotive
First model railroad layouts in today's H0 gauge, 1926
HO-scale steam locomotives at the N&W RR museum in Crewe, Virginia.
N scale
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N scale is a popular model railway scale. Depending upon the manufacturer, the scale ranges from 1:148 to 1:160. Effectively the scale is 1:159, 9 mm to 1,435 mm, which is the width of standard-gauge
HO scale
…inexpensive, snap-together track with integral roadbed. Kato also manufactures a full line of "HO Unitrack"; however, it has not yet caught on as their N-scale Unitrack has. Rail height is measured in thousandths of an inch; "code 83" track has a rail which is 0.083 inches (2.1 mm) high. As HO's commonly…
A Bachmann Industries N-scale model of a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway H-5 class 2-6-6-2 Mallet locomotive, shown alongside a pencil for size
A modern Kato model of SBB Re 460 electric locomotive, with the ubiquitous Arnold "Rapido" coupler
SW-8 switcher
A collection of N scale buildings and scenery