new to this

[duck68]

new to this would like info on different scales (have ho) and do I need to add additional power

[rogertra]

Love to help but your question is like asking "How deep should I dig a hole?"

We need more info, like what do have in the way of motive power right now, how much track etc., etc..

Cheers

Roger T.

[Hunt]

Bachmann has products in the following scales.


Click Here   for links to download both 2015 product catalogs.

[charon]

Hunt,
Thanks for posting the really nice size comparison picture. I am saving it.
Chuck

[Hunt]

Hunt,
Thanks for posting the really nice size comparison picture. I am saving it.
Chuck

Chuck,
I used a link from another website in order to display the chart.  There is a companion chart. I will post the companion chart when Bachmann restores both links on the Bachmann website to these charts.

[Hunt]

Chuck,
Click Here to see both charts.

[charon]

Hunt,
Thanks again, those are definitely helpful.  I had seen comparisons before, but they didn't show the same engines. They had shown a 1/20.3 Forney next to a 1/48 Northern!
Chuck

[ebtnut]

Not to be too nit-picky, but O and On30 are the same scale (1:48).  On30 represents 30 inch narrow gauge equipment which is generally smaller in size than the standard gauge equipment, but are still 1:48 scale. 

[Hunt]

Not to be too nit-picky, but O and On30 are the same scale (1:48).  On30 represents 30 inch narrow gauge equipment which is generally smaller in size than the standard gauge equipment, but are still 1:48 scale. 

Not clear what you are nit-picking as the charts label O and On30 scale as 1:48

What is missing from the front of the locomotive view chart is cross-section of track under each locomotive with gauge measurement displayed between rails.

[Len]

If you really want to get picky, HOn30 and On30 should really be HOn2-1/2 and On2-1/2 for 'two and a half foot gauge'.

Using 30 inches instead of 2-1/2 feet started when narrow gauge took off, and advertising people discovered the 1/2 key that was on typewriter keyboards, and type setting machines, didn't exist on computer keyboards.

It caused some confusion at first, because people thought the 'n30' was a typo of 'n3', or 3ft gauge.

Len

[ebtnut]

Hunt:  The picky part is that the chart calls out O Scale and On30 Scale, when they are both O Scale models.

[Bucksco]

The photo was originally taken to show the different scales produced by Bachmann. It was added to the posting for illustrative purposes.

[Hunt]

Not to be too nit-picky, but O and On30 are the same scale (1:48). . .  .

Both charts are labeled to show that.

. . .   On30 represents 30 inch narrow gauge equipment which is generally smaller in size than the standard gauge equipment, but are still 1:48 scale. 

Both charts illustrate that.