Lionel Corporation was an American toy manufacturer and holding company of retailers that have been in business for over 120 years. It was founded as an electrical novelties company; Lionel specialized in various products throughout its existence. Toy trains and model railroads were its main claim to fame. Lionel also produced the diecast cars for …
The garden is a unique and wonderful place to have a railway. It really is worlds apart from being squirreled away in the spare room or garden shed. Natural lighting brings a variance not seen on indoor railways, and indoor layouts tend not to like the rain! This isn’t a problem with a large scale …
Long Island Railroad (reporting mark LI), often abbreviated as the L.I.R.R. It is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island. With an average weekday ridership of 354,800 passengers in 2016, it is the busiest …
RAILROADS IN MICHIGAN USA Railroads have been vital in the history of the population. Trade of rough and finished goods in the state of Michigan. While some coastal settlements had previously existed. The state’s population, commercial, and industrial growth further bloomed with the establishment of the railroad. The state’s proximity to Ontario, Canada, aided the …
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Railroad men and their families are beginning to gather at the General Managers home early for the big day.
Introduced by Marklin in 1972, Z Scale Model Railroad is one of the smallest railway models available commercially (1:220), with a track gauge of 6.5 mm / 0.256 in. Z scale trains operate on 0–10 volts DC and offer the same operating characteristics as all other two-rail, direct-current, analog model railways. Locomotives can be fitted …
G SCALE G Scale Model Railroad or large scale (45 mm or 1 3⁄4 inches, G gauge) is a scale for model railways, often used outdoors due to its size and durability. It is also referred to as the “Garden Scale” and is one of the largest commercially available scales in model railroading. HISTORY G …
N Scale Model Railroad is a popular railway modeling scale. Depending on the manufacturer, the scale ranges from 1∶148 to 1∶160. N scale and N gauge are often inaccurately used interchangeably, as the scale is defined as ratio or proportion of the model, and gauge only as a distance between rails. HISTORY While trains and …
O scale (or O gauge) is a commonly used railway modeling scale introduced by German toy manufacturer Marklin around 1900. Until the early 1960s, the O scale was the most popular model railroad scale in the United States. The popularity of the scale declined in Europe before the Second World War due to smaller scales. …
