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Post by david1 on Dec 22, 2023 18:32:34 GMT
I was looking at the TCA Convention cars and the Reading & Northern caught my eye. They look like the 6464 molds but they advertise it as Standard O. Anybody know the difference?
Dave
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Post by healey36 on Dec 22, 2023 18:36:41 GMT
I always thought "Standard O" meant they were scaled 1/4" to the foot, or true 1/48 scale. The 6464-series was O-27, I believe; a bit smaller than "Standard O". That said, a lot of O-gauge stuff is in various scales.
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Post by rockymountaineer on Dec 23, 2023 7:42:14 GMT
I was looking at the TCA Convention cars and the Reading & Northern caught my eye. They look like the 6464 molds but they advertise it as Standard O. Anybody know the difference? Dave Dave, it shouldn’t be this confusing… but that’s the state of affairs we find ourselves in nowadays. Back in much simpler times, Lionel started using the term “Standard O” to refer to its foray into 1/4” scale offerings — as opposed to the company’s more common smaller 6464-style boxcar offerings, which they considered to be traditional “O-Gauge”. Placed side-by-side, Lionel’s traditional O-gauge rolling stock is noticeably smaller in appearance than Standard O offerings. Nowadays, however, the term Standard O has morphed into something a bit different. And it’s now being used by Lionel in its catalogs to delineate a more affordable, “middle of the road”, less detailed set of offerings from its more highly detailed— and much more expensive — O Scale products. Think of today’s Standard O as Lionel’s version of Atlas-O’s Trainman series of offerings along side the company’s Master Craftsman line. Both are considered O-Scale. But one is less detailed and more affordable. Then there’s traditional O-Gauge rolling stock — which is noticeably smaller than Standard O… and arguably closer in size to S-scale in the big picture of model train scales. |
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Post by keithb on Dec 23, 2023 9:59:29 GMT
Educational answers, thanks guys!
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Post by lionelllc on Dec 23, 2023 13:24:48 GMT
I was looking at the TCA Convention cars and the Reading & Northern caught my eye. They look like the 6464 molds but they advertise it as Standard O. Anybody know the difference? Dave Think of today’s Standard O as Lionel’s version of Atlas-O’s Trainman series of offerings along side the company’s Master Craftsman line. Both are considered O-Scale. But one is less detailed and more affordable. Exactly!!!!! Thanks David. Stu
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Post by david1 on Dec 24, 2023 3:50:47 GMT
Thanks David for the explanation, the standard O designation sure has changed since the 70's when it was first used.
Dave
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