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| Era | Time Period | Notes: |
| Era I | Approx.1870-1920 | Country & Private Railways |
| Era II | Approx. 1920-1945 | The Period after the formation of large state railways |
| Era III | Approx. 1945-1970 | The new organization of European railroads |
| Era IV | Approx. 1968-1985 | Standardized computer lettering on all rolling stock & locos |
| Era V | Approx. 1985-2000 | The modern era of railroading |
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1:32 | 45mm (1-3/4") | Big Stuff. Mostly Marklin Maxi. |
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1:45 | 32mm | There are two main types of O gauge: American (Lyonell, Mike's Train House) which is 3-rail AC. & European which is 2-rail DC. |
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1:45 | 22.5mm | Same size as O but runs on narrow gauge track. Such as Roco's Alpine Line. |
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1:87 | 16.5mm (5/8") | The most popular gauge, offering the most options. This is what you will find the most on our site. HO comes in two varieties 3-rail AC (Marklin) & 2-rail DC (Everyone Else). However other companies do make items that are compatible with the Marklin system, and rolling stock from either system can have their wheels swapped to work with the other. |
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1:87 | 12mm (1/2") | Same size as HO but runs on narrow gauge track. Tillig produces some HOm items. |
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1:87 | 9mm | Same size as HO but runs on narrow gauge track. We have HOe items available from Roco, Tillig, & Liliput. |
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1:120 | 12mm (1/2") | Tillig produces most of the TT gauge items with the addition of a few items from other manufactures. |
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1:160 | 9mm | More popular then TT you can find N scale items from Fleischmann, Roco, Trix, Arnold, and others. |
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1:220 | 6.5mm (1/4") | The smallest working trains available. Mostly Marklin but some other companies make it too. |
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| BBÖ | Federal Railways of Austria |
| BLS | Bern Lötschberg Simplon (Switzerland) |
| BR | British Railways |
| CD | Czech Railways |
| CFL | Luxembourg National Railways |
| CP | Portuguese Railways |
| CSD | Czechoslovak State Railroad |
| DB | German Federal Railways / German Railway Corporation |
| DDR | East German State Railway (after 1949) |
| DR | German State Railway (after 1945) |
| DRG | German State Railway (until 1945) |
| DSB | Danish State Railways |
| FS | Italian State Railway |
| KBayStsB | Royal Bavarian State Railway |
| KCRC | Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation (China) |
| KPEV | Royal Prussian Railway Administration |
| KWStE | Royal Württemberg State Railways |
| MAV | Hungarian State Railway |
| NS | Netherlands State Railways |
| NSB | Norwegian State Railways |
| ÖBB | Austrian Federal Railways |
| PKP | State Railway of Poland |
| RENFE | Spanish Railways |
| SächsStsEB | Saxonian State Railway |
| SBB | Swiss Federal Railways |
| SJ | Swedish State Railways |
| SNCB | Belgian National Railways |
| SNCF | French National Railway Company |
| SOB | Süd Ost Bahn (South East Railway Switzerland) |
| SZ | Slovenian State Railway |
| VR | Finnish State Railways |
| ZSR | Slovakian Republic Railways |
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