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
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
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
N scale
…cutters' due to a resemblance to the kitchen utensil. An advantage of N scale is that it allows hobbyists to build layouts that take up less space than HO scale, or put longer track runs into the same amount of space, because the models are smaller (by nearly a half) than they are in HO scale (1:87). While N…
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.