N scale

N scale is a popular model railway scale. Depending upon the manufacturer, the scale ranges from 1:148 to 1:160. Effectively the scale is 1:159, 9 mm to 1,435 mm, which is the width of standard-gauge railway.

However the scale may vary to simulate wide or narrow-gauge rail.
In all cases, the gauge is 9 mm or 0.
354 in.

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