Getting into model rr, not in a serious way, just want some thing to run around the Christmas tree. I have the Keystone starter set on order, as this met my two requirements, steam power, and freight. The only down side to the set is that it only has 3 cars, so I made a trip to a Lionel dealer that is fairly near by to pick up a few more cars. Here’s the problem, I’m a little confused when it comes to traditional vs standard. My take, and correct me if I’m wrong is that both will run on fast track, but that standard may require larger turning radius’s. Where is confusion sets in how do I tell the difference between the two. I didn’t see the boxes marked as traditional or standard. Also while at the shop they referred to semiscale and scale. I take it that traditional is the same as semi scale and that standard is the same as scale. They also had a set in the LionMaster series, is this another name for standard. So my questions are, what is the best way to tell traditional from standard. Given that I’m running a Christmas tree set up, does it really matter. Can I run standard with my traditional or will it just look wrong. Also does anyone know of any Lionel specific forums.
I would ask this on the Classic Toy Trains forum. The Lionel guys hang out there.
Jim
Yes my friend, correctamoondo, traditional is semi-scale, and standard is scale. Both will run on O guage track, but won’t look good together do to the size differences.