MTH Question

[MTCarpenter]

Forgive the newbe here, please...

I'm having a hard time figuring out MTH's scale. They say "O" for most of their stuff, but that confuses me because they say they offer a "G" scale as well.

Also, does their "O" stuff run on special tracks, or will it run on LGB or Aristo as well? In the pictures, there appears to be a third rail running down the middle of the tracks.

Any help would be great. I'm think I'm on the edge of understanding this scale thing...maybe...

[spodwo]

You are talking about two totally different scales of trains....
OGauge runs on 3 rail and is about 1:48 scale. It isn't made to run outdoors.
MTH also has 2 rail versions - the track width is 1.125 ".

MTH also makes Gauge 1 - Large Scale trains [G if you wil which technically isn't a scale to most]. These are 1:32 scale and run on track that is 45 mm [1.77 inches wide]. These are considerably larger.

MTH Ogauge brands are Rugged Rails, RailKing, and Premiere.
MTH Large Scale trains are Gauge1.

[spodwo]

And to give you an idea about the size difference between Large Scale and Ogauge....



Or click here:

http://lizardattitude.homestead.com/LiZarD_AtTiTuDe_Ogauge_11.html

Yah...pretty hard to confuse the two once you see them...[;)]

[MTCarpenter]

Thanks for the quick response spodwo. The side by side is perfect!!!