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Dear Mr. Vettbass, Always good to hear from you. Allow me to take a stabe at this confusing issue. When a railroad is said to be 3' gauge it means that the rails are 3' apart, 36"....not 3'2" or 34.5" or 24" or any other gauge. 3' is 3'. A railroad that has a gauge of 3'2" is refered to as a 3'2" or 38" gauge railroad NOT a 3' gauge railroad. The same holds true for ALL other gauges, there is no such thing as a so-called 3' gauge railroad...its 3' or its not 3'. So 1:20.3 on 45mm track is the correct scale for a 3' gauge railroad. However, some countries use the metric system of measurement so 1:22.5 on 45mm track is correct for a meter gauge railroad. Remember, LGB is in Germany and they use metric. As far as the 1:22.5 vs. 1:20.3 issue goes, these are two different scales, as different as "N" scale and "O" scale they both just happen to run on 45mm track and this fact has nothing to do with anything. 7/8 scale also runs on 45mm track and is the correct scale for a 2' gauge railroad or tramway. Clear as mud or did any of this help.......OLD DAD
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