Gabehart’s N scale (1:160, smaller than HO scale) Allegheny Northern model railroad winds 165 feet on a shelf-type, walkaround layout that is 52 inches off his basement’s floor.

The most popular scale in America is "HO," sometimes rendered as "H0," or 1:87, meaning the layout and rolling stock are reduced from 1 foot in life to 3.5 mm in model format.

For those who know their model trains, large scale includes S-scale, O-scale (Lionel size), G-scale (often found in garden railroads), F-scale, 7 ¼ gauge, and 7 ½ gauge models.

Division 5: Either choose a railroad car, locomotive, or building of advanced construction techniques or kit bash two or more kits to create something. Kit is not to be pre-decaled or pre- decorated.

John Pescha, vice president and curator of the Museum: We are the world’s largest model railroad museum at 19,000 square feet. We feature 25 different scales of trains, and 11 different scales ...

HO is the most popular model train scale in the U.S. and Canada. Out of that meeting, the new members constructed a 5-foot by 10-foot portable layout for the Railroad Community Committee of the ...

The Rio Grande Train Show brings in young ones, families, and an older generation who’s been in this model train business for a long time. The trains come in all different shapes and sizes.