Model Trains

No, the track is too narrow for the train to run on, as O guage has a wider wheel base than OO Gauge

You've probably read this before, but it is still the best way: Put it on Ebay with good, clear pictures, and an honest description of it. The highest bid is what it is worth.

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Well your creativity and resourcefulness are the things needed to make your own HO accessories since anything can go to make one. You just need to have a wide imagination to be able to create one.

Yes.

It is called a scale.

Each part of a train is called a car.

Hornby's most popular scale and the scale they stock the most and produce the most scenics for is OO gauge or 1.76.

First start by disconnecting the drive motor to see if it runs - if it does, then you will need to go through the gears (and if steam, the drive rods) and working forward from the motor until it stalls again. This is a common problem with the lower priced engines and usually it is in the gear box.

You need Greenburgs Lionel Trains 1901-2009 price book. there you can look up the price of each item. There are two prices The lower if your item has paint missing or scratchs on it. The higher is for mint items. If your item is pre 1940 it may be metal If so if it is a repaint. its value drops.

The fastest train is the well-known magnet train.

There are a few sites that show examples of model train layouts. Two of these sites include YouTube and LayoutVision. These sights show examples and ideas from small to large layouts, loops, and track plans.

It works like a dimmer switch. As you turn the knob or move the lever it changes the voltage that is supplied to the track. As the voltage increases, the motor in the model train will run faster and thus the train will move faster.

A scale model is a extact replica of something - usually smaller than the original item. Example: A 1/10 scale model car is 10 times smaller than the original car.

Every ho scale train I have had worked on any ho scale track.

A German company named Märklin made the first train sets like you are probably thinking of. The first electric train was made by a U.S. firm named Carlisle & Finch

Probably the one with the scale NYC Hudson.

Diesel multiple units, electric multiple units, and diesel locomotives. Steam trains run on heritage railways and rail tours. It depends which country your in. Trains vary from country-country

Yes. I use them to switch from Fastrack to the old style to run across my Rail King bridges. Look on Lionel's web site and you will find them. Hope this helps you.

No, don't get them they brake easy, after on jump!

The HO scale is used for measuring when it comes to model trains. Originally there was the O scale, or O gauge. When train models went to an even smaller size they created the HO scale to measure them.

A mile in HO scale is about 60.5 Ft.

The motorized Tomy brand Thomas the tank engine and friends Engines and cars will work on the Fisher-Price brand playsets. The Tomy brand blue tracks require an adaptor to connect to the tan or brown Fisher-Price tracks.