Matt=A0Lang) Folks, I am looking for an alternative for Marklin 1 gage ... mainly freight cars... I run across lionel ... they seem somewhat ok quality for ok price (seems cheaper then M*)... Does anybody know if they are compatible? I am not concerned about couplers but wheels and tracks... Will the run on a marklin track? Are lionel 3 rail? In this case its probably not worth isolating the wheels? Is there anything else that would work?
---------------------------------------------------- Lionel 3-rail is (approx.) 0 scale (1:48) and the track is 0 gauge. Lionel also offers 2-rail large scale trains but I believe those are
1:20 (narrow gauge on #1 track).
If Marklin 1 Gauge is 1:29, there are several manufacturers of #1 (1:29) scale trains incliuding:
USA Trains:
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Aristocraft:
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