N Scale — 1:160

Shop N Scale Ballast and Scenery

Start with a railroad, a color, or N scale ballast—then use the expanded Scenery section to choose rocks, boulders, rip rap, sand and gravel, pigments, and other ground materials.

Start With the Track

Choose the shopping path that best matches what you already know about your layout.

Shop by Railroad

Find ballast and scenery colors matched to the railroad, location, and era you model.

Choose a Railroad →

Shop by Color

Browse gray, brown, black, white, red, green, yellow, pink, and mixed natural materials.

Choose a Color →

N Scale Ballast

Shop real-rock ballast screened to look correct between N scale ties and along track shoulders.

Shop N Scale Ballast →

N Scale Scenery

Choose one of the six scenery families. These links lead directly to the new category and scale guides we built.

Rocks

Use product-number endings to choose small, medium, or large N scale rock.

Choose Rock Size →

Boulders

For N scale, grade 4 and larger can be used as boulders and major rock features.

Boulder Guide →

Rip Rap

Build realistic erosion control at culverts, bridge approaches, shorelines, and fills.

Rip-Rap Guide →

Sand & Gravel

Use fine natural material for roads, lots, washes, drainage, and products ending in 03.

Sand & Gravel Guide →

Pigments

Add dust, mineral stains, earth color, and weathering without adding unwanted bulk.

Pigment Guide →

Other Scenery

Find dirt, powders, coal, coke, and supporting ground materials for finished scenes.

Other Scenery →

N Scale Rock-Size Quick Guide

Read the final size digit of the product number. Move upward when the scene needs a larger rock appearance.

3

Small Rocks

A rock product ending in 3 is the small-rock starting point for N scale.

4

Medium Rocks

Move up to an ending of 4 for a medium-rock appearance in N scale.

5+

Large Rocks

Use endings of 5 and higher when N scale terrain needs larger stone.

4+

Boulders

For N scale, products ending in 4 and bigger can be used as boulders.

03

Sand, Gravel & Rip Rap

The special two-digit 03 ending is Sand & Gravel and can also serve as rip rap.

Not Sure Which N Scale Material to Choose?

Tell us the railroad, location, era, type of track, and scenery feature you are modeling. We can help match the ballast color, grain size, and surrounding scenery.

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