0 vs 027 car sizes

Davess36 · 01-19-2008, 04:23 PM

I'm curious if there is a visual difference between the two gauges. In other words, could you mix the two sizes of freight cars without an obvious mismatch? I'm talking about post war items. The same questions for locomotives. Standing side by side, would the difference, if any, show up?

ozzy · 01-19-2008, 10:52 PM

yes. sometimes a BIG difference. they will couple together, you can run them together , but to me they look funny. sometimes if your running 2 trains at the same time one O and one 027 it dont look so bad as the cars are not mixed up.

Renovo PPR · 01-20-2008, 10:42 AM

The simple answer is yes. Place a tradition Lionel Locomotive beside a scale and there is what some people would call a great difference. You will find the same thing with rolling stock.

However even in real life during the 30's to 60's you could find a large variation between the size of box cars.

01-19-2008, 04:23 PM	#1
Davess36 Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	0 vs 027 car sizes I'm curious if there is a visual difference between the two gauges. In other words, could you mix the two sizes of freight cars without an obvious mismatch? I'm talking about post war items. The same questions for locomotives. Standing side by side, would the difference, if any, show up?

01-19-2008, 10:52 PM	#2
ozzy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: milton iowa Posts: 1,117 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	yes. sometimes a BIG difference. they will couple together, you can run them together , but to me they look funny. sometimes if your running 2 trains at the same time one O and one 027 it dont look so bad as the cars are not mixed up. __________________ PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS MEMBER CANCER SURVIVOR ABATE MEMBER AMA MEMBER O- SCALER N-SCALER

01-20-2008, 10:42 AM	#3
Renovo PPR Just a Farmer Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Somerset County PA Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The simple answer is yes. Place a tradition Lionel Locomotive beside a scale and there is what some people would call a great difference. You will find the same thing with rolling stock. However even in real life during the 30's to 60's you could find a large variation between the size of box cars. __________________ PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD I am an asthma survivor.

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