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Originally Posted by W9TR
Nice! We got our kids an LGB train set - I think it was G gauge. Is this a larger gauge or similar? Fun stuff.
Tom
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Standard or wide gauge is roughly the same size as G gauge. But the sizes really varied back then. You could have passenger cars that were 22" long and others that were 10" inches. The only thing that really mattered was the distance between the wheels. Even coupler height varied. Lionel had cars with two different coupler heights for their trains back then. The 500 series for smaller trains and the 200 series for larger ones
Here is a video of a reproduction Lionel State set with full interior. Even the toilet seats in the bathrooms go up and down. My wife says that it is like a doll house on wheels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmODJpzaLQk