Reply to "O Gauge --- scale vs traditional size question???"

StrummerOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I asked (more or less) about this last year before I bought a Lionel #6-28005 PRR E6.

It was (and still is) listed on their website as "Traditional Scale". I took the word "Traditional" to mean smaller; like 0-27. I took "Scale" to mean full-on 1:48. It has the same body, tender (and probably other parts) as their #6-38036 Long Island Consol, which is listed as "Scale". I took a chance and bought it; it is indeed O "Scale" 1:48 size...and is awesome.

Why the manufacturer/importer would list models of the same size/scale as (basically) 2 different things is still a mystery to me...

Mark in Oregon

PS: Please note that the term "Gauge" is/was not part of the issue...unlike many earlier post-war releases, like the 6-8-6 mentioned above.

9/21/1911:43 AM

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