G Scale Model Trains

When model train enthusiasts talk about scales, you’ll often hear mention of the G scale. This is fairly large in the scale of model trains as a whole, and is the largest of the popular scales. G scale model trains are actually 22 times smaller than a full sized real train, so they have a scale of 1:22. The most common scale is HO which is only 1:87 or 87 times smaller than a real train, so you can see the difference.

There is also the O scale, or standard scale, which is also classed as a large scale train, although this is only half the size of the G scale train. An average G scale model train will be about 26 or so inches long and about 6 inches tall, whereas the O scale will be about 16 inches long and only 3 and a half inches tall. Read more about G Scale Model Trains →