Thanks. After a good surf on internet you are the first one I see that has shown the real visible difference between an 1:87 and 1:76. No really obvious if nobody shows these together. Thank you.

Thank you very much. This was actually quite helpful with the important questions I've had lately on just which scale to bother with. Choose unwisely, then we end up purchasing duplicates, or even end up with two full sized RR boards. Fine for people who live in mansions and can afford that much of the hobby. I want to focus on craft quality and a diorama that's pleasant to both look and and play with.

Beautiful layout, I really love all the detail

Keeping up with all of these scales & gauges requires excellent training. Cheers!

Explaining gauge & scale on Model Railways is a very deep bunny hole!

Thank you for the info, the scale always confused me but your film made it very clear thank you for sharing the information the fifty pence relay helped, I understand the scale much better now thank you :)

Thank you, Even know its been a dream to build my own railway setup for many years I am just getting started so I am very much a novice and this video explained all the sizing questions I needed to know. Even know I would love to have a bigger Loco size with the room I have available to me I think I am best sticking to the 00 Gauge set I bought so I can fit more in.

Thanks PECO. Now I know the different track gauges of Model Railways.

Este vídeo é fantástico mostrando as bitolas. Imagens perfeita! Rio RJ Brasil

Thank you for the video! I've been searching for a visual comparison of HO vs OO for a few days...

You missed some other gauges: - TT is 1:120 scale and it once was very popular East to the iron fence in Europe. It uses the same gauge as 0e and H0m (12 mm). - Z is 1:220 scale and it uses the 6 mm gauge which is the same as H0f, TTe and Nm. (f is for gauges equal or lower than 1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) For the metric people: - Without a suffix all scales represent 1435 / 1520 mm - 'm' represents meter gauge - 'e' represents 760 mm gauge - 'f' represents 600 mm gauge

Thanks for the video

I choose OO gauge. Not too big, and not too small. Enough detail, and a *HUGE* catalog

thank you very much

I kind of wish that the numbers were less arbitrary, for example I think that 1;80 or 1;100 would make a good HO/OO instead of 1;87 and 1;76. Maybe standardizing O into 1;40 or 1;50 would also be good. Also getting rid of different scales between British and Oversees varieties would help.

While OO and Ho scale track is the same I am just wondering if all HO scale trains will run on my track. Is there anything specific I need to look for when buying?

Thanks so muscular now I can build a narrow gauge railway

I realized that Z gauge works very well for representing meter gauge trains in N scale.

It would be cool with some comercial interest in the Narrow gauges of N scale such as Nm, Ne and Nf. I would like to have a Narrow gauge industrial railway as supliment for my N scale standard gauge.

Peco I think you need to remake this video!

I'm curious about the smaller Z and T scales.

Fun fact: the engines in thomas and friends ware made in Gauge 1

I am work with both O scale & On30.

i was wondering if 00 was the most popular in the uk. thank you very much.

what is the loading gauge width mm of British 7mm 1/43.5 loco body?

Trix make a class 66 with sound and DCC which I believe is the one in the video. It is HO scale 1:87 . I have now change from EM scale as I don't have to build my own points and modify locomotive and rolling stock. It is a shame there is not more British rolling rolling stock available in HO scale .

hi friend i had received a locomotive but it is 2.4cm gauge train can you tell me what is the above mentioned gauge and can i know have tracks for my train please tell me my friend

It was always 12 mm for me, but there were times when I thought that 16 mm would have certain extra advantages. I will probably get my trains out of the box again one day...

Hello, will OO gauge track work with 1 gauge tracks?

Im a newbie. Ive seen people have problems with slow speeds on trains where they jerk start and stop. Whats the trick to getting trains to run smooth and consistent at slow speeds?

I like that you define the difference between gauge and scale, BUT you quickly mix the terms again as you talk about the different “scales”. You should always say “N scale”, “OO scale” etc.

Nice!!!!!!

Which one is bigger 3 rail o scale or oo scale

Hi can I ask is ho the same as 1/35 scale cheers

N gauge fan here. Only problem with N for me is there's no Coronation Scot loco available in N 😢

Gauge and scale are two different things! You can have different scales running on the same gauge such as N gauge which varies between 1/148, 1/150 and 1/160 scale but all run on the same gauge track! A typical example of this is in Japan where their shinkansen are 1/160 scale but all other trains are 1/150 scale but both run on the same track. To make it even more confusing real shinkansen have wide gauge bodies but run on standard gauge bogies (apart from the mini shinkansen which have standard gauge bodies and bogies) and all other trains have standard gauge bodies but run on narrow gauge track! Confused? You will be!

I‘m curious to know why OO modellers in the uk run their trains on track which is too narrow and out of scale.

Well, what about 009 compared to N scale. I've been looking for a guide to this for a while now.

i’m torn between a full n scale layout (with a shunting yard) or just a small oo scale shunting yard. i love shunting but i think it would be really satisfying to have my trains taken away at the end and dropped off in a different siding. the problem is: i don’t have a high budget. you can build a oo shunting yard for about £20, and spend about £40 on a used loco and rolling stock. but there isn’t much used n scale stuff, so when buying new i’d have to spend around £70 on just the loco alone, and that’s higher than the overall price of an oo shunting yard. i also don’t have much space - i’m just looking for a layout to put on top of my dressing table. so i cant build an oo full layout. if anybody can find cheap n scale locomotives or knows where to find them, please help me!

Is scale and gauge the same?

Should have put American O gauge as it was one of the first. Great vid.

TT 12mm 1:120 is a very fine scale

I collect TT scale (European prototype) since 1978 and here in the US, Americans deny its existence

why do the british use 16.5mm track (HO) when OO is 18.88mm. it does make the models look bulky.

And HO is compatible with OO??

where is ho an tt scale ????????????????????

question, what would the scale of the Hawthorne village spirit of America train be

-0:28 I really like that loco, can anyone tell me what class it is?

Forgot L Gauge

Is oo gauge the same as ho gauge

3:14 That train says DLC on it.

It's still hard for me to accept the fact that different scales can run on the same track

i watched & learned the U. k scales. now i find my self searching for a dyson vacuum cleaner.

Why is 00 called 00?

You forgot L Gauge..

Well yes, the scale and gauge descriptions were good, but why did you stop so small? I would have expected you to at least briefly cover 5 and 7 !/2 gauges.at least.

very nice layout you got .Thumbs up for you .Hope you like mine diesel dave's

Completely confused now!!!!!

This video is not a very informative guide about the differences in sizes for different gauges. What are the track size measurements between each gauge scales and where do your measure it from ?. I cannot even find a chart with sizes on any model railway websites. So how would anyone, without any knowledge of model railways, know what guage a piece of track is by looking at it ?

I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else wants to uncover building a model railroad try Stiklind Model Train Fixer (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some decent things about it and my co-worker got amazing success with it.

Everyone knows it's O gauge or no gauge!

Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else wants to learn about model railroad layouts try Panlarko Amazing Railroad Planner (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my friend got cool success with it.

even more confused now!!!!

Could have been a nice video but the diction is horrendous. I gave up halfway through.