Gauge question

[Penny Trains]

Standard Gauge is AWESOME!   That's how I'd describe it! 

I routinely run Standard Gauge and Gauge #1 (aka: G scale, G gauge, Large Scale) side by side.  Here's a Lionel Large Scale 4-4-2 and mixed freight on the outer track while restored and reproduction 500 series Standard Gauge tinplate cars navigate the inner loop.

Becky

[wallyworld]

rtraincollector

here is a short video out of my cheap camera of my Standard Gauge train set. By the way if you look at the old crossing shack and guy they where actually built for standard gauge not O or O gauge same with the crossing lights and semaphores you see.

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its not the greatest but there you can kinda see it run  

Another variation  in tinplate. The Unique Art Steamer I have when posed next to a G Gauge mallet is nearly as big close to the standard gauge stuff.. The Marx ( a lot of it) is S scale on O gauge track. The Flyer accessories seem to match the earlier Marx better than the Marx equivalent. The Hafners are so condensed they seem to be a class of their own.

[rtraincollector]

here is a short video out of my cheap camera of my Standard Gauge train set. By the way if you look at the old crossing shack and guy they where actually built for standard gauge not O or O gauge same with the crossing lights and semaphores you see.

?action=view¤t=MyTrains271.mp4

its not the greatest but there you can kinda see it run  

[lionelsoni]

Not in Europe at all.  It is Lionel's version of the Maerklin number 2 gauge, which, according to the story, was described by Maerklin as 2 1/8 inches between the centers of the rails.  Supposedly Lionel mistakenly took the number to represent the distance between the inner edges of the railheads and wound up with a toy-train gauge 1/8 inch wider than intended.  Instead of changing the product, they renamed the gauge "standard".  Other American manufacturers copied Lionel but couldn't use the brand name "standard", so they called it "wide" gauge instead.

[lionelsoni]

Not in Europe at all.  It is Lionel's version of the Maerklin number 2 gauge, which, according to the story, was described by Maerklin as 2 1/8 inches between the centers of the rails.  Supposedly Lionel mistakenly took the number to represent the distance between the inner edges of the railheads and wound up with a toy-train gauge 1/8 inch wider than intended.  Instead of changing the product, they renamed the gauge "standard".  Other American manufacturers copied Lionel but couldn't use the brand name "standard", so they called it "wide" gauge instead.

[walker]

i am familiar with 'O', 'S', and 'G' gauge but what is "Standard" gauge? Is this a gauge they use in Europe?