Whats All the Fuss About HO Trains?
More than two-thirds of model railroaders consider HO scale their favorite. Consider HO scale model trains for your next layout. HO model railroads are small enough so that you can fit a lot of layout in a limited space, yet large enough to provide fine detail. HO is not so delicate that your youngster cannot play with it (my first set was HO), and there is little risk of small parts being damaged. HO scale provides an excellent balance between detail and space requirements. Speaking of size, HO models are 1/87th the size of their prototype. This is half the size of ‘O’ scale, another scale made popular by the Lionel Train company. The track gauge (distance between rails) for HO is 16.5mm, which happens to be the same gauge as the ‘OO’ scale, popular in Great Britain. Though HO trains are small, they are large enough to have quite a bit of detail, which is one of the reasons this scale is so popular. For the ‘realistic’ modeler, who wants exact scaling and realism, HO can’t be beat. Yo
