S-Scale verses Standard Scale?

Here's a link that will show you the difference in size/scale.

http://www.toysperiod.com/blog...er-review-2004-2010/

here's one that shows the difference in box car  sizes.

http://miniatures.about.com/od...-Railroad-Scales.htm

Standard scale is much larger that S scale.

Standard & Large scale(G-scale) can be similar size,

but have different wheel gauges.

dave

Thanks for the help.

The different scales and gauges is pretty confusing for a Greenhorn.

I know that the Standard gauge was huge when produced at the start of production of Toy Model Trains.

 G Gauge is also large.

 O-Gauge is mostly what I have.

 S Gauge is definitely something new to me.

 Ho Gauge I know about its small size.

 Z Gauge is even smaller than HO Gauge.

 I do not know what is meant by Course & fine Scale.

 And I do not know what is meant by the word, "SCALE."

 Besides all of the above, I think this is a "Way Cool" hobby. LOL.

 Thanks Again,

 John

You forgot N scale......LOL

Also forgotten; TT for one.

DJ,

 This second link is much better to comprehend. It even shows the different track sizes of each gauge. Excellent!

Thanks Again,

John

N Scale is smaller than Z Scale. Isn't this the gauge you need tweezers for to put on the track?

Where does TT fit into this equation, if it exists.

John

Z is smaller than N scale.

John, 

Here's a link that may be of some help to you,

All Gauge Model Railroad:

http://www.thortrains.net/index.htm

lot's of good stuff.

Dave

Z is smaller than N. TT is between N and HO.

http://www.nmra.org/beginner/scale.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_railway_scales

OOps!  You forgot "OO" too. 

Everyone is forgetting something.

S Scale is the perfect scale.

Even if we do say so ourselves!

Rusty

And the newest, T-gauge, at 1/450 scale!  See t-gauge.net/

Is it true that 100% of commercially-manufactured Standard Gauge is 3-rail.  That standard gauge doesn't have a 2-rail counterpart the way o gauge has both 2-rail and 3-rail folks?

That is true, Martin H.  The standard gauge trains originated way back when nobody thought about true scale.  And the modern ones are nostalgic, even to close reproductions in some cases.  Some G-gauge trains (all 2-rail) would be your closest to standard gauge scale models.  Some of them are breathtaking.

You have to have some very serious room to accommodate Standard Gauge Trains, they are huge, so are G-Gauge.

 Do we have all of the different gauges listed now? LOL.

John