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Lionel Standard gauge has been in existence since 1906. The width between the rails is 2.125 inches, and the third track in the middle of the rail runs on electricity. Lionel called this “Standard Gauge” and filed for a trademark. The slogan for it was “Lionel-Standard of the World.”.
Jul 20, 2013 · Historians disagreed on Lionel's reason for creating Standard Gauge, giving two stories. One story is that Lionel misread the specifications for Marklin's European Gauge 2, measuring the distance between the inside portion of the rails rather than between the centers of the rails as Märklin did, thus accidentally making a slightly larger and ...
Jan 20, 2012 · Wow massey you are young. Actually it is more commonly called standard gauge and as already noted Lionel came up with gauge. The track is set at 2 1/8 inches. The term Standard Gauge was trademarked by Lionel. This made other companies call this by different names. Ives used 2 Gauge but got confused with European
Lionel's Standard Gauge is distinct from the standard gauge of real railroads, and the later 1:64 scale S gauge popularized by American Flyer after World War II. Due to the trademark, Lionel's competitors mostly called their similar offerings "wide gauge".
* Unfortunately, in model railroading's history there was a format called "Standard Gauge" introduced by Lionel in 1906. You can read more about it on Wikipedia. When we use the commonly-referred-to term "standard-gauge", we use it to differentiate between 4' 8-1/2" railhead spacing and that of the narrow-gauges (Sn2, Sn3, and Sn42).
Lionel introduced Standard Gauge trains in 1906. These were a completely new product. They replaced Lionel’s 1901-1906 line of trains running on two rails which were spaced 2-7/8 inches apart. Standard Gauge trains ran on three rail track with an insulated center rail; the distance between the outer rails was 2-1/8 inches.
Only American Flyer used a competing 2-rail “S Gauge” standard. 3-Rails Systems Have History. Lionel’s O gauge tracks are a direct descendant of an earlier windup O gauge design. These early model train standards used only two rails but used a windup key for power.
