Largest O scale locomotives of all time

February 12, 2009

Laurel is an 8th grader from Pittsburgh, PA and is working on a school project that someone may be able to help with:

“Hello, I am trying to get in touch with Mr Frank Edgcombe, the model railroad expert historian. My name is Laurel and as part of my 8th grade graduation week presentations later this year, I have been assigned the subject of toys and miniaturization in history. I would like to do a section on model railroads with some pictures of larger toys of the late modern years, 1930 to 1960.

I understand that Lionel O scale were the trains that were most popular. Is there a web page that has pictures of Lionel toy locomotives of this era? I found a picture that was exactly what I was looking for of a 600E locomotive but then learned that standard and O scale were not exactly the same and I do not know the size of this engine.

If there was a site that could give me the model names or numbers of the largest toy locomotives of that era, I could google them myself. Unfortunately, all the sites I find give me lots of information but not the size of the engines. Does a list of the largest of these toy locomotives exist anywhere? Thanks for you help, even if no one knows of any model train picture sites.”

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