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OK, now my brain hurts. This is a tough one to answer at the end of a Monday, so anyone out there who wants to check with me on this, feel free. If the Z scale represents a G scale garden railroad, you would need somehing roughly double G scale to represent the real line, or as you put it 1:11 scale. Pretty big. If you want to limit your answer to mathematics, plan on a giant basement or putting your model garden railway inside a real garden railway (Got that?). Considering cost, space, and the need to scratchbuilt equipment, it would seem prohibitive. On the other hand, you could make your Z scale line represent a live steam, rideable layout. Just stick plastic people on the tender (actually, you can do it with diesels too). Then you have more reasonable choices. I'll have to check with Jim Schulz when he gets back here tomorrow, but O scale may be enough. I don't know if this helps, but I had to try. Tom Chmielewski associate editor, Model Railroader
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