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You can certainly operate any scale outdoors if you're willing to put up with the hassles and inherent disadvantages relating to maintenance, protection of the equipment from the elements, and that sort of thing. Personally, I have no interest in operating smaller trains outdoors. I enjoy Large Scale for that purpose because it's made for outdoor use (most of it, in any case), is as affordable or more affordable than comparable trains in smaller scales, is easier to maintain, and it simply looks better on a nicely landscaped outdoor layout. It's hard enough to find plants and such that look appropriate in a Large Scale setting, and it's a heck of a lot more difficult the smaller you go. Large Scale trains look as though they "belong" in an outdoor setting. They fit in well with the environment. Smaller trains outdoors tend to look like smaller trains outdoors; nothing more and nothing less. I keep my smaller scales for indoor use (Z, HO, O, and On30), and my large Scale stuff (mostly LGB, Marklin, Hartland, And Accucraft) is at home both indoors and outdoors. There's sure nothing wrong with model railrading in two or more scales--although, for the sake of maintaining a reasonable hobby budget I do recommend keeping it to two, if possible. It's your hobby. Do whatever lights your fire!
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