O scale vs O 27 scale

[Bill Baker]

Yesterday I ran across a yard sale where a guy was sellling a mixture of O scale trains and O 27 scale.  His track was primarily O27.  Can an O gauge engine run on O 27 track?  Also is it possible to mix the two different gauge tracks together?

[richg]

Details in the below link. Save the link to Favorites. I found this in a search for model train scale comparison.

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Rich

[Bill Baker]

Bingo!  Thanks Rich, that's exactly what I was looking for.  Not to be a bragger, but the guy had two Lionel steamers, one in O gauge, the other in O27, two Erie Built diesel A units, 5 Freight cars, 3 Lionel stream lined passenger cars and 3 pre WW2 passenger cars all for $100.00.  I think I hit a glory hole!

[richg]

You got bragging rights. Good shopping.

About 1953 when I was a kid, a friend came over to my house with his O scale diesels. I remember his locos did not like my track on curves.

Rich

[Doneldon]

Bill-

It sounds like you got a particularly good buy, especially if everything works.  Heck, you got a good buy even if you have to do some repairs!
                                                                                             -- D

[tac]

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Rich

Please note that there ARE mistakes in the definitions - US n scale is 1/160, NOT 1/16, and Z scale is 1/220, NOT 1/22.

tac
www.ovgrs.org

[richg]

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Rich

Please note that there ARE mistakes in the definitions - US n scale is 1/160, NOT 1/16, and Z scale is 1/220, NOT 1/22.

tac
www.ovgrs.org

Yeah, thanks for bringing that up. I saw the mistakes after but have not had time to say anything.
I have found after some years of seearching the 'Net, you have to check things out.
At the time I was only looking forthe O and 0-27 scales.

Rich

[Joe Satnik]

Dear All,

I've heard O-27 unkindly called Sw80" (or Sw6-2/3'), 

which translates into 1:64 scale locos and cars running on 1.25" gauge track.

n = narrower than standard gauge (< 56-1/2" prototype)

w = wider than standard gauge (> 56-1/2" prototype)

Some post-war Lionel steamers were sold under 2 different road numbers, one for O gauge, the other for O-27 gauge.  (646/2046, e.g.)

Most O gauge locos do need the bigger 31" diameter curves, though.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Joe Satnik   

[Woody Elmore]

Joe - there were more differences with 0-27 than just track diameter. They had a line called "scout " which had cheaper cars that in some cases were also smaller. For example there is the 6454 box car - smaller than the O Gauge 6464 boxcar.

I believe the cheaper line was an offshoot of the Ives line that Lionel got when Ives went bankrupt.

A friend found O and O-27 gauge trains at several garage sales and wanted to run them together. I told him to run everything on O gauge track.

[ryeguyisme]

I still have my first postwar engine, which happens to be a scout engine(haha wouldn't you know) and they're relatively smaller in comparison to my 2046 and other O scale locomotives even the Adriatics dwarf them