By: mark linford
Here is a list of some of the most popular model railway gauges available.
00 Gauge.
4mm to 1ft or 1:76 scale. 16.5mm inside track width.
Most popular British scale and well provided for.
0 Gauge.
7mm to 1ft or 1:30.5 scale. 32mm inside track width.
More popular now but can take up a lot of space.
N Gauge.
2mm […]
By: Jimmy Cox
Your choice of a layout will depend not only on the available space, trackage and on the work you want your railroad to do. At first it will be enough just to have the locomotive pull cars around, pass onto a siding, switch onto a branch line. You have a toy train […]
By: Bob Carper
The hobby of model railroading has been around for almost 100 years. Every Christmas, no matter where in the country we live, Santa would bring a train set and tracks, and it would run round and round the Christmas Tree.
Then, as soon as the Christmas tree would be taken down, the train […]
For most of the railroading hobbyists Lionel Trains will surely ring a bell. In the history of railroading no other railroad model has surpasses the popularity of Lionel trains. Kids in the 1940’s and 50’s mush have earned a big fortune by now if they still get hold of antique model L. trains. During […]
What at first started as children’s toy, model railroading became the most serious hobby that is followed by millions of miniature enthusiasts. As such, the scheme is still simple; you get to design and building model railroad layout in such a way, as it would appear in real life. The scheme is that simple but […]
By: Jimmy Cox
The hobby of model railroad building is one which lends itself to constant growth. There are several different ways which you can use to accommodate this growth. Some of these are outlined below.
It is possible for the original layout of your model railroad, even a simple oval on a 4′ x 6′ table, […]
By: Victor Epand
Fleischmann trains are made in Germany and are of very high quality. Most of my model trains are British or American. But I do have a few Fleischmann locomotives in both HO and N gauge and they are really superior. They are comparatively expensive in the United States, but well worth the expense.
Kato […]
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