Large Scale Garden Trains to ride

Both Large Scale steam and diesel locomotives are available commercially. Steam locomotives are fully functional and powered by coal, and the diesels are generally battery powered. A wide range of rolling stock is manufactured and available either as kits or ready-to-run..

In the world of ridable model railroads, there are two common scales: Scales and Gauges
1" (meaning 1" to the foot or 1/12th full size) and 1.5" (1/8th full size). The smaller 1" scale trains run on 4 3/4" gauge track (rails are 4 3/4" apart), while the 1.5" trains are designed for 7 1/4" or 7 1/2" gauge track.

Despite the large size of these models, you do not require an estate to have a home track. A standard suburban lot is plenty big enough for a track that circles the house. There are also a lot og large scale clubs around the world with track in one or both the "ridable" scales where you can run your railway