I would like to get a big boy engine but want a full scale. Can anyone tell me if this is a full scale or not. New to the O Scale hobby and not sure of the nomenclature and number coding. Thanks.
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30- is Railking and usually not scale unless it is called Imperial.
Thanks John: One more thing, the cab is number 4002 and the seller refers to it as Imperial Big Boy set with the three passenger cars. It's tempting.
@Mark 1949 posted:Thanks John: One more thing, the cab is number 4002 and the seller refers to it as Imperial Big Boy set with the three passenger cars. It's tempting.
None of the large steam in the Railking line is scale sized, that includes Imperial. Actually, Imperial doesn't change the semi-scale dimensions of most standard Railking stuff, it just adds better detailing and usually more lighting features. Any Railking Big Boy will be a shadow of the size of a scale Big Boy. The giant clue is the MTH 30-1446-1 run on O31 track, any scale Big Boy runs on O72 track.
That's good information. Thank you for your response.
