| One of the most important developments in the | | | | scales it is worth mentioning these scales as well: |
| United States was the construction of it's | | | | 1. TT scale |
| railroads. The ability to transport people at a more | | | | 2. S scale |
| rapid rate to their destinations, and to transport | | | | 3. Z scale |
| goods and products of all types in an expedient | | | | Gauge |
| way, played a vital role in the countries growth | | | | Gauge refers to the size of the track, and with |
| and financial stability. It is no wonder, that when | | | | so many different companies making trains and |
| you look at the birth, and continued growth of | | | | tracks, they all agreed that they would have to |
| railways that it captures the attention of so many | | | | agree on the sizes they would make, so that the |
| people, and is such a popular hobby. | | | | trains and tracks would be interchangeable. The |
| When evaluating model train information, an | | | | collector has two types of gauges to choose |
| indisputable fact is that this hobby is without | | | | from and they are narrow and standard gauge. |
| question, one of the more constructive ways to | | | | Scenery |
| spend your time, and to express your artistic side. | | | | Studying and purchasing trains for your hobby is |
| An even more compelling reason to become a | | | | certainly an important part of this endeavor, but |
| model train hobbyist is the fact that there are so | | | | on the other hand, where you actually can bring |
| many elements to model trains. You can spend | | | | your artistic talent into play, is in the selection and |
| many rewarding hours learning about this hobby, | | | | creation of the scenery for your layout. The |
| and enjoy just as many building your own railway. | | | | great thing about scenery is being able to bring |
| The following is a list of some of the things that | | | | what you envision to life. You have the freedom |
| you'll learn about when you become involved in | | | | to create whatever your imagination will allow! |
| being a model railroader: | | | | Determining where to place your tracks with in |
| Scale | | | | your landscape can be both fun and creative. |
| When model train hobbyist refer to scale their | | | | Your track can be laid out in any number of ways |
| talking about the size of their model train as | | | | that will contribute to and make your layout all the |
| compared to the real size of its prototype. The | | | | more interesting for you and for the observer. |
| following is a list of the four most popular scales | | | | One of the great things about being a model train |
| of model trains: | | | | enthusiast is that it is not age exclusive. Anyone |
| 1. G scale | | | | who has spent any amount of time with this |
| 2. O scale - has a ratio of 1:48. | | | | amazing hobby will agree that they have been |
| These two scales are grouped into the category | | | | captured by the thrill and excitement of this |
| of larger scale trains. Both run on the number 1 | | | | hobby, and building model trains plays a large role |
| track. | | | | in the world of hobbies. |
| 3. HO scale | | | | One of the more fulfilling experiences of building |
| 4. N scale | | | | model trains is the opportunity it provides in |
| Each of these have their own purposes and | | | | sharing your experience with your family and |
| advantages. In addition to the four most popular | | | | friends! |