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I just joint the club but are since 1954 into trains-being German it's Maerklin. I'm still puzzled about all the terms used in the big scales. It seems to be difficult to keep gauge and scale apart! A few answers to the question were correct as to G comes fromLehmann "G"rossbahn, which is German and means large train! Has nothing to do with Garden Railroad. <br />G scale has just become common for LGB and they like it because it creates an image for them and they are great trains -of course. But if the asking person is looking for a decent scale running on a 1 gauge track, which does MArklin, Aristo Craft, LGB etc etc in different "Scales"(1:20.5, 1:22.5 etc etc.) whereas Maerklin is one of the rare true scale to gauge trains!! Which means the scale of the rolling stock is the same as the gauge of the track namely 1:32. It does not look as akward as the LGB 1:22.5 on the 1:32 track and might fit better the needs of the asking member. The Quality of the all metal trains with baked on enemal paint is almost indistructible! <br />We had a store for years and for each LGB starter set we sold 6-7 Maerklin starter sets. Does that say something? <br />I just started a Garden Railroad and find Garden Railroad Magazin extremely helpful despite 50 years with trains from Z,N, HO and now to 1 Gauge! Thanks for allowing my input.
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