Model Trains - G Scale

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Dave Swanson
Model Railroader, Competitive Intelligence Advertising
www.GreatestHobby.com  
630-279-513

David Swanson has been involved in model railroading for almost 40 years. He has been a key officer in many model railroad organizations including the Elmhurst Model Railroad Club(1974-1984), Great American Train Show(1985-2000), Great Midwest Train Show(1974-2006), Greenberg Train Shows(2003-2006), Great Train Expos(2004-2006) and the World's Greatst Hobby on Tour(2005-2009). He is currently executive director of the World's Greatest Hobby Program. He also owns and manages an advertising agency, Competitive Intelligence Advertising. He is a former middle manager for IBM. He has modeled for many years in N scale and specializes in passenger trains.

Model Trains - G Scale

In this video series, Dave Swanson of the Worlds Greatest Hobby Shop program demonstrates how to get started in model railroading. Dave discusses the different scales of model trains as well as shows you how to set up your first model train set.

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Dave Swanson: Hi! I am Dave Swanson, of the World's Greatest Hobby Program and today we are helping you get started in model railroading. In this clip, we are going to look at G Scale trains.

The G Scale set you see running is a Bachmann freight set, that features an old time steam locomotive and a couple of old time freight cars. With G Scale, you have a very easy to use train. The set is large and does not require extensive eyesight or hand-eye coordination.

It's also very rugged and stands up to small children much better than some other smaller scales. G Scales are called G for a reason and that's because it's frequently used in gardens. It's a subset of model railroading, called Garden Railroading.

A lot of people actually run their model trains through their garden and combine the hobby of gardening and model railroading, making a very interesting and extensive hobby.

G Scale only has one drawback, is it is big and does require a lot of room. But for some people and particularly if you are putting the trains outside, that's not really a drawback. G Scale trains tend to be a little more expensive than some of the other scales, with the average G Scale train being under $200 to $400 range.

Now in our next segment, we are going to look at the other extreme of the scale and look at the smallest N Scale.

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