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[Anonymous]

i would like to desplay my ornaments on real track but nothing fits does anybody have any ideas?

[bighead]

first of all welcome to the forum! :]  how big is your ornament?

[underworld]

What is the measurement between the wheels??? From what I remember they are about TT gauge.

underworld

 

[underworld]

You should be able to find TT gauge track on eBay....probably from somebody in Germany or England.

underworld

 

 

[Railfan1]

[tim o'm]

If you are talking about the series of Lionel Hallmark ornaments, one of the difficulties I found is that there really isn't a good flange on the wheels. This will keep them from staying on a track. I would say they are more N-scale in width, but are of varying gauges as time goes on. The 2006 Union Pacific Turbine set is definitely narrower than those made over the last 10 years.
I just display them side by side on an end table, but am running out of space as the years pass.

[tomikawaTT]

The quick and dirty trick would be to lay appropriate (code 55 or 70) rail, either on proper wood ties or on a pine base, to the proper gauge for each model.  The rail can either be spiked with micro-spikes (which is why I specified pine) or glued down (on a chunk of battleship armor or anything softer.

As was noted, the hallmark ornaments aren't intended to roll, but they would look all right standing still.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - with hand-laid specialwork)

[Andrew Falconer]

If there is a local hobby shop with N Gauge Track and Z Gauge Track measure the track or put the ornaments on the tracks.

There are several sizes to the Hallmark Lionel ornaments, it requires measurments and testing.

Andrew

[ripvanwnkl]

I just got the 1947 Freedom train 3 item set:  1 loco, 1 sleeper, 1 observation.  They measure close to Z scale, but their wheelset width is wider than Z and narrower than N scale.  For display, I use N track, wheels rest inside rails, and trucks rest securely on rails.  Works well for this set.  Don't know about size of other ornaments. 

[Wdlgln005]

Check out the Zscale section of TrainBoard. Some modelers are able to swap the wheels for MTL Z's with a ship. For the PA, they are able to swap a MTL GP to make 4 powered axles. There are some videos out on the net. Some guys even make Zscale brass sided to make a baggage & coach cars out of the sleeper. Then you can try the new MTL Zscale track. The starter set runs about $15. It is very similar to Kato Unitrak but uses Marklin Z geometry.

Another problem with the AFT cars is the lack of a knucke coupler.  

If you've seen some of the new MTL Z product, we may have another convert to Z scale!