Talk:Toy train

Thomas
Thomas the Train -- Don't you mean Thomas the Tank Engine? -Anthropos 01:32, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * D'oh! You're right. I'll fix it. -Dave Farquhar 04:04, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)

O widths...
I was trying to find what width 'O' gauge is. This article puts it at 35mm, but the 'O' scale page puts it at 32mm. Is this a mistake, or is there an inconsistency in the industry? At least a note stating the reason for the difference may be useful.

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 * The discrepancy is due to the Maerklin practice of measuring between the centers of rails that were about 3 millimeters or 1/8 inch wide, rather than between the inside faces of the railheads.
 * Incidentally, there seems to be something wrong with the gauge 1 numbers, since 45 millimeters is actually the gauge between the inside faces. This throws all the numbers into doubt, since it is not clear which measurement they represent.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.53.195.38 (talk) 17:46, 12 September 2011 (UTC)