Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Androidâ„¢ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Standard Gauge (toy trains)

Index Standard Gauge (toy trains)

Standard Gauge, also known as wide gauge, was an early model railway and toy train rail gauge, introduced in the United States in 1906 by Lionel Corporation. [1]

28 relations: American Flyer, Bing (company), Boucher Manufacturing Company, Carlisle & Finch, Chile, Dorfan, Great Depression, Ives Manufacturing Company, Lionel Corporation, Märklin, MTH Electric Trains, O scale, Rail transport, Rail transport modelling, Rail transport modelling scales, S scale, Scale model, South America, Standard-gauge railway, Third rail (model railroading), Toy, Toy train, Track gauge, United States, Williams Electric Trains, World War II, 1 gauge, 2 gauge.

American Flyer

American Flyer is a brand of toy train and model railroad manufactured in the United States.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and American Flyer · See more »

Bing (company)

Bing or Gebrüder Bing ("Bing brothers") was a German toy company founded in 1863 in Nuremberg, Germany by two brothers, Ignaz Bing and Adolf Bing, originally producing metal kitchen utensils, but best remembered for its extensive lines of model trains and live steam engines.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Bing (company) · See more »

Boucher Manufacturing Company

The Boucher Manufacturing Company was an American toy company that specialized in toy boats and toy trains.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Boucher Manufacturing Company · See more »

Carlisle & Finch

Carlisle & Finch is a producer of nautical equipment and searchlights, and the inventor of the electric toy train.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Carlisle & Finch · See more »

Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Chile · See more »

Dorfan

Dorfan was an American toy company based in Newark, New Jersey from 1924 to 1934.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Dorfan · See more »

Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Great Depression · See more »

Ives Manufacturing Company

The Ives Manufacturing Company, an American toy manufacturer from 1868 to 1932, was the largest manufacturer of toy trains in the United States from 1910 until 1924, when Lionel Corporation overtook it in sales.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Ives Manufacturing Company · See more »

Lionel Corporation

Lionel Corporation was an American toy manufacturer and retailer that was in business from 1900 to 1995.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Lionel Corporation · See more »

Märklin

Gebr.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Märklin · See more »

MTH Electric Trains

MTH Electric Trains, a privately held company based in Columbia, Maryland that is formerly known as Mike's Train House, is an American toy train and model railroad designer, importer, and manufacturer.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and MTH Electric Trains · See more »

O scale

O scale (or O gauge) is a scale commonly used for toy trains and rail transport modelling.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and O scale · See more »

Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Rail transport · See more »

Rail transport modelling

Railway modelling (UK, Australia and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Rail transport modelling · See more »

Rail transport modelling scales

Rail transport modelling uses a variety of scales (ratio between the real world and the model) to ensure scale models look correct when placed next to each other.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Rail transport modelling scales · See more »

S scale

S scale (or S gauge) is a model railroad scale modeled at 1:64 scale, S scale track gauge (space between the rails) is.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and S scale · See more »

Scale model

A scale model is most generally a physical representation of an object, which maintains accurate relationships between all important aspects of the model, although absolute values of the original properties need not be preserved.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Scale model · See more »

South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and South America · See more »

Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Standard-gauge railway · See more »

Third rail (model railroading)

The use of a third rail in rail transport modelling is a technique that is sometimes applied in order to facilitate easier wiring.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Third rail (model railroading) · See more »

Toy

A toy is an item that is used in play, especially one designed for such use.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Toy · See more »

Toy train

A toy train is a toy that represents a train.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Toy train · See more »

Track gauge

In rail transport, track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Track gauge · See more »

United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and United States · See more »

Williams Electric Trains

Williams Electric Trains was an American toy train and model railroad manufacturer, based in Columbia, Maryland.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and Williams Electric Trains · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and World War II · See more »

1 gauge

1 gauge, gauge 1 or gauge one is a model railway and toy train standard that was popular in the early 20th century, particularly with European manufacturers.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and 1 gauge · See more »

2 gauge

2 gauge (also called II gauge) is a model railway gauge originally, then standardised in 1909 at, a 20% reduction and a change in definition: from mm to inch.

New!!: Standard Gauge (toy trains) and 2 gauge · See more »

Redirects here:

Standard Gauge (Toy Trains), Wide Gauge, Wide gauge.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Gauge_(toy_trains)

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »