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Scales and Gauges I have always wanted a Garden Railway, but…….. Where should I start? What Scale or Gauge should I use? Should it be Standard or Narrow Gauge? These are some of the questions we get asked all the time, to help with decisions and clear up some confusions a summary of the various scales and gauges commonly used outdoors is given below. Model Railway

Scale

Prototype Model Gauge

Gauge

Rail

Comment

Code*

Availability

The smallest of the larger scales and Gauge 0

7mm/ft

4ft 8½in

1:43

Standard

32mm 100-125

probably the smallest for garden use.

Kits, RTR, Scratchbuilt, Limited edition

Almost entirely track current with

Oriental RTR

some live steam and battery.

Gauge 1

SM32

10mm/ft

4ft 8½in

1:32

Standard

16mm/ft 1:19

G Scale Narrow Gauge 13.5mm/ft (G45, LGB)

1:22.5

G Scale Standard Gauge 13.5mm/ft (G64, Gauge 3)

1:22.5

Live steam (mainly meths) and battery. 45mm 180-250 Stud contact for track current. Not much two rail electric

Kits, RTR, Scratchbuilt, Limited edition Oriental RTR

Kits, Live steam RTR with Radio 2ft Narrow 32mm

200

Live Steam or battery

Control, Scratchbuilt. Freelance designs predominate

3-3½ft Narrow

45mm 250-332

4ft 8½in

63.5mm

Standard

2½in

330

Track current electric, battery, live

Proprietary RTR, Kits, RTR live Steam

steam

with Radio Control, Brass RTR

Track current electric, battery, live steam

Kits, Brass RTR

*Rail Height expressed in Thousanths of an Inch

The term ‘Prototype’ refers to the full sized railway, and the term ‘Gauge’ refers to the distance between the rails. There are two basic groups; Standard which is 4ft 8½in, and Narrow which is anything less. G Scale refers to the ratio of 1:22.5 (13.5mm/ft) now widely used to model both Standard Gauge (63.5mm) and Narrow Gauge (45mm) Prototypes. Note that the ‘G Scale Standard Gauge’ is often referred to as ‘Gauge3’ or ‘G64’ and ‘G Scale Narrow Gauge’ is often referred to as ‘G45’ or ‘LGB’. However it is worth mentioning that within ‘G Scale’ there are more than one scale ratio in use. In fact there are no less than 3 sub scales that will be commonly encountered apart from the technically ‘correct’ 1:22.5. The reason for this is a desire on the part of manufacturers to enable widely disparate types of rolling stock from many different parts of the world to be able to run together and ‘look correct’. Therefore you may encounter models at scales of: 1:20.3

e.g. Accucraft, Bachmann Spectrum, American Narrow Gauge.

1:24

e.g. Accucraft.

1:29

e.g. USA Trains, Aristocraft, Accucraft, American Standard Gauge.

10% off all brands (offer excludes Roundhouse and Accucraft items) 20% off secondhand sales totalling over £500 10% off secondhand sales of less than £500 (offer excludes commission sale items)

from the 1st until the 31st on all shop purchases and phone orders.

Collect ‘Loyalty Points’ on all purchases made in store.

The ‘GRS/LGB Premier Member’ card gives customers a permanent GRS/LGB 10% discount on all new Premier Member LGB Products after the first Garden Railway Specialists Ltd qualifying transaction of www.grsuk.com Tel: 01844 345158 over £1000.

Gauge 3 45xx Prairie and TWO B set coaches all painted for £2900.00, only one set each GWR and BR.

GRS Gauge 1 GW 61xx £1725.00

LNER A1 £2895.00

Gas fired 1/32 scale models, made to the high standards associated with Accucraft. They will run on Code 250 and 332 rail, but are not recommended for LGB Pointwork.

LNER A3 £2495.00

New Finescale, Bachmann, and Tower Brass Electric Locos A1 Tornado £2895.00

55xx £850.00 Terrier £700.00 Jubilee £2075.00 14xx £840.00 Black Five £1400.00 Hall £1700.00

Spirit fired

LNWR ’Jumbo’ £2395.00

Electric

Aster Electric Triple truck Shay, Western Maryland £3495.00

Kit Built J69 £599.00

Kiss 230228 BR65 Ep111 Electric 2-8-4T £2495.00

Finescale Brass J94 £645.00

Marklin 885513 train Pack £499.00

L21225 RHB Multiple Unit "Allegra" (blue) £2195.60 L28438/9 RhB Class Ge 4/4 II E. Loco Special Limited Editions £834.30 L28439

L28438

L23945 DB Class 220 Diesel Hydraulic - weathered £878.21 L40980 DB Hopper Three Wagon SET £294.45 L40981 DB Hopper Three Wagon SET weathered £310.37 L36846 WP&YR Baggage £119.35 L36816 WP&YR Combine £119.35 Starter Sets L78530 Digital Starter Set Sound/MFX Loco & CS2 £989.00 L29450 Electrification of Engadin Anniversary Train £809.95 L78230 ERA III FREIGHT TRAIN Starter set £320.87 L70304 LGB Christmas Passenger Set £348.38

A GRS electric K1 kit for Illustration only

The live steam Tasmanian K1Garratt Now that the GVT’s have been successfully delivered, the K1 project is advancing at full speed. We expect to see the first engineering prototype in the early summer. The Locomotive will cost £3695.00 in manual form, or £3995.00 with R/C fitted. To secure your choice of livery a deposit of £695.00/£995.00 is payable now, with the option of a staged payments plan also available to help spread the cost. Go to www.grsuk.com to download an order form, or ring us, and we’ll send you one in the post if you prefer.

To compliment the K1 Garratt - The GRS Stuart Welsh Highland Coach Rugged & beautifully engineered in powder coated Steel, R-T-R, with either 32 or 45mm Stainless Steel Wheels. Available from stock, order now to avoid disappointment at £249.00 each, or £950.00 for Four

Tough and Light Carrying Cases

Three sizes available, with strong padlock ready catches, foam lined. No nonsense, reliable security for your precious rolling stock. NG101 £83.50 (26 x 9.5 x 7 ins), NG103 £78.50 (19 x 9.5 x 7 ins), NG112 £78.50 (36 x 5.5 x 6.75 ins, fits K1 Garratt)

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91405

94580

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The Sale price excludes any other GRS promotions or offers

LIVE STEAM UPDATE New Live Steam Locomotives GRS ‘GVT’ made by Accucraft 0-4-0T gas fired, 32 or 45mm gauge, black or Green - £1275 Man. £1550 R/C Accucraft ‘Ragleth’ 0-4-0T gas fired, manual, 32/45mm gauge, Black, Green, Maroon, Blue - £795.00 Accucraft G1 ‘Flying Scotsman’ gas fired, Late BR condition with D/chimney & S/deflectors - £2495.00 Accucraft G1 ex GWR 61xx Prairie Tank gas fired, Early BR condition, plain Black - £1725.00 Roundhouse ‘Darjeeling’ 0-4-0T gas fired, R/C, 45mm/32mm gauge, ins. wheels, Darjeeling Blue - £1995.00 Roundhouse ‘Karen’ 0-4-2T gas fired, R/C, 45mm/32mm gauge, ins. wheels, Lined Black - £2015.00 Roundhouse ‘Billy’ 0-4-0T gas fired, R/C, 45mm/32mm gauge, ins. wheels, Light Brunswick Green, Black - £1450.00 Roundhouse ‘Cricceth Castle’ Battery Diesel, 0-6-0 R/C, 45mm/32mm gauge, ins. wheels, Darjeeling Blue, Black - £1060.00 Roundhouse ‘Harlech Castle’ Battery Diesel, 0-6-0 R/C, 45mm/32mm gauge, ins. wheels, Ffestiniog Livery - £1015.00 Silvercrest ‘Britannia’ 4-6-2 gas fired, Manual, gauge 3 - £6000.00 Silvercrest ‘Coronation’ 4-6-2 gas fired, Manual, gauge 3 - £5495.00 Silvercrest GW 14xx 0-4-2T gas fired, gauge 3, 3 channel R/C with whistle, BR Black or GWR Green - £2899.00

Second Hand Live Steam Locomotives Accucraft K28 2-8-2, Manual, 45mm gauge, insulated wheels, Plain Black - £3995.00 Accucraft Mogul 2-6-0 Nevada Short Line, Manual, 45mm gauge - £1695.00 Accucraft ‘Caradoc’ 0-4-0T, 32/45mm, Manual, Green - £699.00 Accucraft 0-6-0 UP Switcher, Manual, 45mm gauge - £1199.00 Merlin (Beck) Monarch 0-4-0T loco, Gas fired, 32mm gauge, Manual - £599.00 Roundhouse ‘Argyle’ 0-6-2T,

Olive Green - £1375.00

Roundhouse ‘Fowler’ 0-6-2, R/C, Maroon - £1100.00 Aster Gauge 1 LNWR Jumbo 2-4-0 ’Hardwick’ - £2395.00 Essel engineering Diesel loco, Battery electric, R/C, 32mm - £599.00 GRS Gauge 3 2021 Pannier 0-6-0 R/C fully tested, Early BR Black livery - £1995.00 For further information on any of these locos, please call the showroom or visit our website: www.grsuk.com