I find that I like the size of the Lionel milk car Lionel 6-17375 that they sell as standard O. But I have a PS-1 car that is also labeled as standard O but looks out of scale beside the other. I have also found that the standard O double sheathed box cars are of comparable size as the milk cars but not the PS-1 cars. So why are the PS-1 and PS-2 cars so much larger. Kind of makes it hard to buy from the internet if you cant see the actual scale size of the car. Or is there something I'm missing? I am trying to get all of the same size cars for a consist but am having trouble accomplishing that. If theres anyone that would like to comment I would appreciate it. Thanks Bob
There is no "standard" size for a freight car. The size of the car is based on it's capacity and that capacity has increased over the years.
Rusty
