Since the distance between the LEGO rails is 5 studs, that would put you, as again John noted, 1 stud = 1 foot, or 10 wide. As John mentioned, a typical US train is about 10 feet wide, and standard track gauge is 4’ 8.5”, or about 5 feet (half of train width). You have 2 choices upon which to gauge your scale- the height of the minifig or the track gauge (the distance between the rails). Is realism important to you? Edited Apby Tearloch33 Since the nose section is 2 2/3 studs, this could be easily done by using the 6x24 red train base and extending it by 2 studs on the back in place of the 6x28 train base that the set comes with. That would make the F-9 scale a bit long (should be 28 studs long). If you want to disgard the width scale, since it is set for current tracks, then the GP-38 and SD-40 scales are around 1.8 ft per stud. Extending the Maesk by 2 studs may be difficult since it already is extended well past the 28 stud long train base. The BNSF GP-38 could be easily extended to 34 studs by adding in better steps on the front and rear (similar to what the Maersk has). So the Super Chief has the best actual scale in terms of length vs. That puts the to scale lego length at 30 studs. Actual F-9 dimensions are 10 ft by 50 ft.

That puts the to scale lego length at 35.4 studs.ĪTSF F-9 dimension are 6 studs by 30 2/3 studs. Actual GP-38 dimensions are 10 ft by 59 ft. That puts the to scale lego length at 40.8 studs.īNSF GP-38 dimensions are 6 studs by 32 studs. Actual SD-40 dimensions are 10 ft by 68 ft. Maersk SD-40 dimensions are 6 studs by 38 studs. I did a bit of research, and here is what I found.Īssuming the width is set at 6 studs (or 10 ft) based on track gage, that sets a ratio of 1.67 ft per stud. I just wanted to share this with everyone.Ī question posed on another post brought up whether users would put the new Maesk train with the older BNSF train, due to the difference in length.

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