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O scale

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O scale (or O gauge) is a scale commonly used for toy trains and rail transport modelling. [1]

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  1. 82 relations: A. C. Gilbert Company, Alternating current, American Flyer, Association of American Railroads, Atlas Model Railroad, Bachmann Industries, Bassett-Lowke, Bing (company), Broad-gauge railway, Conrad Models, Corgi Toys, Die-cast toy, Direct current, Dollhouse, Dorfan, Endicott, New York, Ertl Company, Fleischmann (model railroads), Great Depression, Hafner Manufacturing Company, Heljan, HO scale, Hornby Railways, Ives Manufacturing Company, K-Line, Kew, Lionel Corporation, Lionel, LLC, List of rail transport modelling scale standards, Louis Marx and Company, Märklin, Meccano, Meccano Ltd, Metre-gauge railway, Model car, MOROP, MTH Electric Trains, Narrow-gauge railway, Nashville, Tennessee, National Model Railroad Association, Normen Europäischer Modellbahnen, On2 gauge, On30 gauge, OO gauge, Prototype, Pumping station, Rail transport modelling, Rail transport modelling scales, Railroad tie, S scale, ... Expand index (32 more) »

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A. C. Gilbert Company

The A. C. Gilbert Company was an American toy company, once one of the largest in the world.

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Alternating current

Alternating current (AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time, in contrast to direct current (DC), which flows only in one direction.

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American Flyer

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

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Association of American Railroads

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is an industry trade group representing primarily the major freight railroads of North America (Canada, Mexico and the United States).

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Atlas Model Railroad

Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc. makes scale models in N scale, HO scale, and O scale.

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Bachmann Industries

Bachmann Industries (Bachmann Brothers, Inc.) is a Bermuda-registered, Chinese-owned company, globally headquartered in Hong Kong; specialising in model railroading.

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Bassett-Lowke

Bassett-Lowke was an English toy manufacturing company based in Northampton.

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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, initially producing metal kitchen utensils, but best remembered for its extensive lines of model trains and live steam engines.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.

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Conrad Models

Conrad GmbH (previously "Gescha Toys") is a German manufacturer of diecast scale model trucks, primarily in 1:50 scale for use both as toys and promotional models by heavy equipment manufacturers.

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Corgi Toys

Corgi Toys (trademark) is the brand name of a range of die-cast toy vehicles created by Mettoy and currently owned by Hornby,.

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Die-cast toy

A die-cast toy (also spelled diecast, or die cast) is a toy or a collectible model produced by using the die-casting method of putting molten lead, zinc alloy or plastic in a mold to produce a particular shape.

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Direct current

Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge.

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Dollhouse

A dollhouse or doll's house is a toy house made in miniature.

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Dorfan

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

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Endicott, New York

Endicott is a village in Broome County, New York, United States.

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Ertl Company

Ertl (formerly, the Ertl Company) is a former American manufacturing company and current brand of toys, best known for its die-cast metal alloy collectible replicas (or scale models) of agricultural machinery.

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Fleischmann (model railroads)

Fleischmann is a German manufacturer of model railway products.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Hafner Manufacturing Company

The Hafner Manufacturing Company was a maker of tinplate clockwork-powered O gauge toy trains, based in Chicago, Illinois, from 1914 to 1951.

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Heljan

Heljan A/S is a Danish model railway company based in Søndersø.

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HO scale

HO or H0 is a rail transport modelling scale using a 1:87 scale (3.5 mm to 1 foot). O scale and HO scale are model railroad scales and scale model scales.

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Hornby Railways

Hornby Hobbies Limited is a British-owned scale model manufacturing company which has been focused on model railways.

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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.

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K-Line

K-Line Electric Trains is a brand name of O gauge and S gauge model railway locomotives, rolling stock, and buildings.

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Kew

Kew is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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Lionel Corporation

Lionel Corporation was an American toy manufacturer and holding company of retailers that was founded in 1900 and operated for more than 120 years.

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Lionel, LLC

Lionel, LLC is an American designer and importer of toy trains and model railroads that is headquartered in Concord, North Carolina.

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List of rail transport modelling scale standards

This page lists the most relevant model railway scale standards in the world. O scale and list of rail transport modelling scale standards are model railroad scales and scale model scales.

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Louis Marx and Company

Louis Marx and Company was an American toy manufacturer in business from 1919 to 1980.

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Märklin

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Meccano

Meccano is a brand of model construction system created in 1898 by Frank Hornby in Liverpool, England.

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Meccano Ltd

Meccano Ltd was a British toy manufacturing company, established in 1908 by Frank Hornby in Liverpool, England, to manufacture and distribute Meccano and other model toys and kits created by the company.

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Metre-gauge railway

Metre-gauge railways (US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.

See O scale and Metre-gauge railway

Model car

A model car, or toy car, is a miniature representation of an automobile.

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MOROP

MOROP is a European association that federates national associations of railroad and model railroad enthusiasts.

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MTH Electric Trains

MTH Electric Trains is an American toy train and model railroad designer, importer, and manufacturer.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County.

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National Model Railroad Association

The National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) is a non-profit organization for those involved in the hobby or business of model railroading.

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Normen Europäischer Modellbahnen

Normen Europäischer Modellbahnen (Normes Européennes de Modélisme ferroviaires, literally European Standards for Model Railways, known in the UK as Normal European Modelling Standards (NEM Standards)) are standards for model railroads, issued by the MOROP.

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On2 gauge

On2 gauge is part of the hobby of rail transport modeling. O scale and On2 gauge are model railroad scales and scale model scales.

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On30 gauge

On30 (also called On2, O16.5 and Oe) '''gauge''' is the modelling of narrow gauge railways in O scale on HO gauge track in 1:48 scale ratio by American and Australian model railroaders, in 1:43.5 scale ratio by British and French model railroaders and 1:45 by Continental European model railroaders (excluding France). O scale and On30 gauge are model railroad scales.

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OO gauge

OO gauge or OO scale (also, 00 gauge and 00 scale) is the most popular standard gauge model railway standard in the United Kingdom, outside of which it is virtually unknown. O scale and oO gauge are model railroad scales and scale model scales.

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Prototype

A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process.

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Pumping station

Pumping stations, also called pumphouses, are public utility buildings containing pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.

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Rail transport modelling

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

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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. O scale and Rail transport modelling scales are model railroad scales and scale model scales.

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Railroad tie

A railroad tie, crosstie (American English), railway tie (Canadian English) or railway sleeper (Australian and British English) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks.

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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. O scale and s scale are model railroad scales and scale model scales.

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Scale (ratio)

The scale ratio of a model represents the proportional ratio of a linear dimension of the model to the same feature of the original.

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ScaleSeven

ScaleSeven (S7) is a set of finescale model railway standards for 1:43.5 (7 mm scale) using true-to-prototype track and wheel standards.

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Scratch building

Scratch building is the process of building a scale model "from scratch", i.e. from raw materials, rather than building it from a commercial kit, kitbashing or buying it pre-assembled.

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SE scale

SE scale is a designation used by some modellers to describe miniature (model) trains which run on either Gauge 1 track or O gauge track. O scale and sE scale are model railroad scales.

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Sodor (fictional island)

The Island of Sodor is a fictional island that is the setting for The Railway Series books by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry (and his son Christopher).

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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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. O scale and Standard Gauge (toy trains) are model railroad scales.

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Standard-gauge railway

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

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Tariff

A tariff is a tax imposed by the government of a country or by a supranational union on imports or exports of goods.

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Third rail (model rail)

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

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Thomas & Friends

Thomas & Friends (originally known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends until series 7, and later Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! from series 22 onwards) is a British children's television series that aired for 24 series and 584 episodes from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021.

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Thomas & Friends series 10

Thomas (the Tank Engine) & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.

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Thomas & Friends series 12

Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.

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Thomas & Friends series 4

Thomas (the Tank Engine) & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.

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Thomas & Friends series 5

Thomas (the Tank Engine) & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.

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Thomas & Friends series 7

Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.

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Thomas & Friends series 9

Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.

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Toy train

A toy train is a toy that represents a train.

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Track gauge

In rail transport, track gauge is the distance between the two rails of a railway track.

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Unique Art

Unique Art Manufacturing Company was an American toy company, founded in 1916, based in Newark, New Jersey that made inexpensive toys, including wind-up mechanical toys, out of lithographed tin.

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Voltage

Voltage, also known as (electrical) potential difference, electric pressure, or electric tension is the difference in electric potential between two points.

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Wheel

A wheel is a rotating component (typically circular in shape) that is intended to turn on an axle bearing.

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Williams Electric Trains

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

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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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. O scale and 1 gauge are model railroad scales.

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1:43 scale

1:43 scale is a popular size of die-cast model cars in Europe, Asia and the US. O scale and 1:43 scale are scale model scales.

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1:48 scale

1:48 scale is a scale commonly used in diecast models, plastic models made from kits, and construction toys. O scale and 1:48 scale are scale model scales.

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1:50 scale

1:50 scale is a popular size for diecast models from European manufacturers such as Conrad, Tekno, NZG, WSI and LionToys. O scale and 1:50 scale are scale model scales.

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1:64 scale

The 1:64 scale is a traditional scale for models and miniatures, in which one unit (such as an inch or a centimeter) on the model represents 64 units on the actual object. O scale and 1:64 scale are scale model scales.

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3 ft gauge rail modelling

3' Gauge rail modelling is a specialisation in rail transport modelling. O scale and 3 ft gauge rail modelling are model railroad scales.

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7mm Narrow Gauge Association

The 7mm Narrow Gauge Association is a United Kingdom based society for railway modellers interested in modelling narrow-gauge railways in British O scale (7mm to the foot, or 1:43.5 ratio).

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See also

Model railroad scales

Scale model scales

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_scale

Also known as 0 Gauge, 0 scale, 027, 027 gauge, 1:43.5, 1:45, Ferris (model railways), Ferris railways, Lionel Scale, O Gauge, O gage, O27 gauge.

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