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N-scale Division
N-scale is a very popular model railway size, and the BSME builds and operates an beautiful N-scale layout. Although the term actually refers to the track dimension (N stands for 9 millimeters, which is the distance between the rails), it is often used to describe the scale as well. Typical N-scale models are 1:160 scale, approximately half the size of HO trains. An advantage of N-scale is that it allows modelers to build layouts that take up less space than HO-scale.
Although the BSME's N-scale layout occupies less than half the space as the HO-scale layout, it has approximately the same scale miles of track thanks to the smaller scale and the fact that the N-scale layout is built as a two-level layout—the layout is actually constructed on two shelf-like levels, connected by a series of helixes. Construction began on the current layout in April 2004, shortly after the BSME moved into its current location at 1469 Silver Run Lane in Alger, WA.
In this area of the website, you will find detailed information about the club's current N-scale layout:
About General information about the N-scale layout Track Plan Track plan of the N-scale layout Photos A collection of photos of the current N-scale layout Video A collection of short videos of the current N-scale layout Construction Photos Photos of the N-scale layout under construction
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