Standard Guage~ 027

[3railguy]

If you want an 027 engine that is similar to a standard gauge 400E, a 263E is a good choice.

Standard Gauge means different things to different people.

Standard Gauge to a scale modeler means 4'-8 1/2" between the rails and Narrow gauge such as ON3 means 3'-0" between the rails. Gauge is the distance between the rails, not the scale of the train. An O scale standard gauge engine runs on O gauge track.

Standard Gauge to a tinplater means what others are saying. The trains are larger than O gauge and do not run on O gauge track. Lionel coined this term in the early 1900's when they called their large trains "Standard of the World". Because American Flyer Wide Gauge ran on Lionel's track, they called the track standard gauge.

In 1973 when Lionel bought O scale tooling from Pola, they cataloged their new scale cars "Standard O".

[lionelsoni]

Yes.  Even Lionel uses that expression.

The down side of searching only in one Ebay category is that one of the best ways to find Ebay bargains is to look for mis-categorized and misspelled items.

[phillyreading]

Just a comment on ebay, I have bought off of ebay and sometimes the seller lists an item as H.O. or O gauge but it is not always what he claims, so check with the seller by email if you can, if he don't know the gauge than goe by how tall is an item.

Lee F.

[Anonymous]

.......but don't you also commonly hear the term "Standard O"??

I may be reading the question wrong, but I'm wondering if it's more in line with our "scale" talk from the other day.

As far as EBay, make sure you've selected O Scale in your search category. That still doesn't mean you're 100% safe, but it does eliminate a lot of errors for me.

 

 

[phillyreading]

The 400E from what I can gather in the Greenberg's guide is Standard Gauge. You would probally find most Lionel trains in Greenberg's Price guide available from CTT magazine or Kalmbach Publishing, the company that prints CTT, for around $17.00.

Lee F.

[lionelsoni]

It is standard gauge.

[Fred Bear]

OK, so the older engines listed at Standard guage will not run on my 027 layout? Luckily I've been outbid on this stuff, otherwise, I'd have some engines and no where they could run! What about the 400E? Is it standard guage also? Thanks much, Jerry

[lionelsoni]

O27 is the same gauge as O.  Standard gauge is much wider than O.  Standard is 2 1/8 inches, while O is 1 1/4--not even close.

[Fred Bear]

   Will standard guage items run and work on 027 track? I can't seem to find the difference between 027 and Standard Guage. Is there a difference? Jake and thanks to all responders