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Re: G scale lego trains
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 1 Aug 2001 01:00:26 GMT
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> 1:32- not G scale at all... Gauge 1.  Predates LGB & the like by a LONG
time...like ~50 years :)


> 1:29

> 1:22.5 -technically this is 3nM (Gauge 3 (1/24'th, 2.5" gauge), Narrow Gauge,
Meter gauge


> Any thoughts on the subject?

Ya, why not go the whole hog and model in Gauge 1?
(of course, then you loose the advantages of Lego...)

James Powell



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  Re: G scale lego trains
 
(...) Yes. The mishmash of scales really highlights the difference between Scale and Gauge. The track gauge that LGB chose is the old Gauge 1, I think... Standard gauge at 1:32 *scale* or very close. So you see Aristocraft selling first generation (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)

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  G scale lego trains
 
A search of lugnet trains didn't get far so and excuse me if this has been discussed before. What scale have people used when building G scale trains? I understand the following are common: 1:32 1:29 1:22.5 All of which run on the same size G scale (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)

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