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Model Forum / General / Railroads / February 2004Is Lionel comaptible with Marklin 1 ?
Folks, I am looking for an alternative for Marklin 1 gage ... mainly freight cars... I run across lionel ... they seem somewhat ok quality for ok price (seems cheaper then M*)... Does anybody know if they are compatible? I am not concerned about couplers but wheels and tracks... Will the run on a marklin track? Are lionel 3 rail? In this case its probably not worth isolating the wheels? Is there anything else that would work? Any input apreciated :) Matt Matt Lang) Folks, I am looking for an alternative for Marklin 1 gage ... mainly freight cars... I run across lionel ... they seem somewhat ok quality for ok price (seems cheaper then M*)... Does anybody know if they are compatible? I am not concerned about couplers but wheels and tracks... Will the run on a marklin track? Are lionel 3 rail? In this case its probably not worth isolating the wheels? Is there anything else that would work? ---------------------------------------------------- Lionel 3-rail is (approx.) 0 scale (1:48) and the track is 0 gauge. Lionel also offers 2-rail large scale trains but I believe those are 1:20 (narrow gauge on #1 track). If Marklin 1 Gauge is 1:29, there are several manufacturers of #1 (1:29) scale trains incliuding: USA Trains: http://www.usatrains.com/ Aristocraft: http://www.aristocraft.com/ You might find more information from one of the Yahoo! Groups: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Hobbies___Crafts/Models/Trains_and_Railroads/Gau ge_and_Scale_Specific/G_Scale?show_groups=1 Bill Bill's Railroad Empire N Scale Model Railroad: http://www.billsrailroad.net Brief History of N Scale: http://www.billsrailroad.net/history/n-scale Resources: Links to over 700 helpful sites: http://www.billsrailroad.net/bills-favorite-links Bookstore: http://www.billsrailroad.net/bookstore.html > Matt Lang) > Folks, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > If Marklin 1 Gauge is 1:29, there are several manufacturers of #1 > (1:29) scale trains incliuding: Maerklin I gauge is the correct 1:32 scale to match the track gauge. Lionel is a bastard scale 1:29 or about 10% oversize in an attempt to get into the "G" scale narrow gauge market as well as I scale. 45mm / 1435mm = 1 : 31.9 Regards, Greg.P. Greg P. wrote: Maerklin I gauge is the correct 1:32 scale to match the track gauge. Lionel is a bastard scale 1:29 or about 10% oversize in an attempt to get into the "G" scale narrow gauge market as well as I scale. 45mm / 1435mm = 1 : 31.9 ----------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Greg. I'll try to remember this. Bill Bill's Railroad Empire N Scale Model Railroad: http://www.billsrailroad.net Brief History of N Scale: http://www.billsrailroad.net/history/n-scale Resources: Links to over 700 helpful sites: http://www.billsrailroad.net/bills-favorite-links Bookstore: http://www.billsrailroad.net/bookstore.html yeah the Maerklin is 1:32 .... are there any alternatives for that scale? I dont like the LGB like narrowtrack scale models for Gaouge 1 Matt > > Matt Lang) > > Folks, [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Regards, > Greg.P. >yeah the Maerklin is 1:32 .... are there any alternatives for that scale? Yes, Matt, there is! MTH Electric Trains has gotten into Gauge 1 in the last year or so. The company is producing engines and rolling stock in 1:32 scale. Here is the website: www.railking1gauge.com Hope this helps! > >yeah the Maerklin is 1:32 .... are there any alternatives for that scale? > > Yes, Matt, there is! MTH Electric Trains has gotten into Gauge 1 in the last > year or so. The company is producing engines and rolling stock in 1:32 scale. > Here is the website: www.railking1gauge.com Hope this helps! Thanks :) They look good ... I found sme box cars on ebay for $20 ... thats better than the usual maerklin price! Do you know how the steam engines compare to maerklin? They dont seem to be cheap either ($800) ... Matt >Do you know how the steam engines compare to maerklin? They dont seem >to be cheap either ($800) . Matt, I unfortunatly don't know a lot- I've seen the Challenger at the NMRA convention, it was impressive. Sound, smoke, and very smooth movement. I'm an O gauger, and I own several dozens of items from MTH,both engines and rolling stock. They are top quality. I will assume that the Gauge 1 items are of similar quality until I see otherwise. Hope this helped, and enjoy your gauge 1 empire! |
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