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LGB Amtrak

I was looking at the LGB Amtrak amfleet cars and I came across a MRR article stating they were 1:29.Are they?I thought the typical LGB car was 1:22.5, am I correct in thinking that? If the cars are 1:29 then are all the different LGB Amtrak Locomotive 1:29 as well ?

Mike

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Ric Golding said:

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Only took you a minute to edit what you really had to say ?

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The Amfleet cars and the Genesis were the same scale, 1/29 or 1/27 or something and as such they look good running together. Definitely not 1/22.5… The F7 is also somewhere in this 1/29~1/27 range as well as the standard gauge streamlined cars. The 1/22.5 scale stuff is only the narrow gauge stuff, the standard gauge models are more akin to the Aristo scale stuff. LGB is not renowned for gauge fidelity, there stuff is all over the place even when its modeling stuff thats ostensibly from the same gauge

Thanks Vic, you must of read my mind,I was wondering about the F7’s as well. Looks like they will look just fine running along side my USA stuff.

Thanks again,

Mike

Michael,

If you are planning on running the Amfleet cars with USA streamliners you will be disappointed. The P40 will work with them though just not the tubes. Now if you are planning on running the LGB Amtrak consist solo along side the USA stuff then yes it will blend in quite nicely.

Only my opinion