An interesting question; since I do not have any of the actual standard gauge trains I did a compare in length with my Gauge 1 Commodore Vanderbilt made by ASTER in Japan. My Gauge 1 CV is to a scale of 1:32 and is 91 cm long. According to the CCT review of the Lionel SG CV this is almost 88 cm long. So lengthwise scale and gauge of the SG CV do not match; the length scale is 1:33. The CCT review mentions anyway: "Lionel's Commodore Vanderbilt is an accurate representation of the original.".
I found a picture on the forum here and show that hereafter in a comparison with a picture from about the same position of my 1 gauge CV:
It would be interesting to know height and width of the SG CV. More pictures of CV's can be found here but note this is a very large pdf attachment.
Regards
Fred
