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A typical LGB model train on a garden railway layout.. The Lehmann Gross Bahn (LGB; German for "Lehmann Big Train"), made by Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk in Nuremberg, Germany, since 1968 [1] and by Märklin since 2007, is the most popular garden railway model in Europe, although there are also many models of U.S. and Canadian prototypes. [2]
A garden railway's scale is usually in the range of 1/32 to 1/12 (1:12), running on either 45 mm (1.772 in) or 32 mm (1.26 in) gauge track. 1/32 scale (1:32) is also called "three-eighths scale" meaning 3/8 of an inch on the model represents one foot on the real thing. For similar reasons, 1/24 scale (1:24) is also called "half-inch scale".
The 45 mm gauge originated from 1 gauge or "gauge one" which was first used in Europe and Britain and used to model standard gauge trains in the scale of 1:32. LGB were first to adopt the term G scale and used the gauge of 45 mm (1.772 in) to model 1,000 mm gauge European trains in 1:22.5 scale.
Scale is the model's measurement as a proportion to the original, while gauge is the measurement between the rails. The size of engines depends on the scale and can vary from 700 mm (27.6 in) tall for the largest rideable live steam scales such as 1:4, down to matchbox size for the smallest: Z-scale (1:220) or T scale (1:450).
USA Trains is a manufacturer of G scale model railroad products that started out as Charles Ro Manufacturing Company. [1] They offer two different scale sizes of trains that use the same track; the "Ultimate Series," which is 1:29 scale, and the "American" and "Work Trains" series which is 1:24 scale.
The European standard of 1:22.5 scale trains on 45 mm (1.772 in) track is called IIm scale, as per European narrow-gauge naming conventions or G scale, its popular name. Live steam: 1:24: 63 mm At 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (64 mm), this is the smallest of the "ridable" gauges [citation needed]. Only one or two passengers can be pulled.