How Can Trains This Small Even Work?
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- A look at my first T Gauge train set. You won’t believe how well these incredibly tiny trains work! They almost can’t derail! I even built a T Gauge layout on a hat to wear to train shows: • Build a T Gauge Train ...
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Knowing how small Z scale is, the way it DWARFS this is incredible. It should come with a mouth guard so you dont accidentally inhale it.
looks like a nightmare for parents
Why? these things are no childs-toys - its a frigging expensive hobby with one lokomotive easily go several hunrets of bucks.
parents would give up kids to adoption if they would play with it :)
Implying model train guys are mouth-breathers 😂
@@citrusjuicebox It could get sucked up your nose, too.
Any smaller, and it would need one of those N-95 masks.
Imagine what kind of a layout you could have in a 12 X 12' room.
You really model long mainline runs to scale. Just a single loop around the room would be like 4 scale miles. Do a more complicated track plan with multiple levels and 20 scale mile long runs would be easy.
@@StevesTrains
One scale mile is just over 11 feet. Imagine mountain railroading in this scale.
You wouldn't be ale to see it from 6 feet away.
@@rocknewtonfilsterwilly7364 binocular
@@rocknewtonfilsterwilly7364that’s where binoculars come in 🙃
I’ve never been even remotely interested in model railways. But for some reason the gods of the algorithm put this video in my path. Suddenly I’m interested!
This kind of thing has happened a lot over the past couple of months to me. I’ve ended up watching a bunch of videos from channels about things I never knew I was interested in that the algorithm decided I needed to see.
Clandestine Camel
I know that feeling, its fascinating.
I think the most creative use of multiple scales in a large layout is to utilize a technique called "forced perspective." The way that works is, your scale reduces as you move further from the viewer to force an appearance of depth that would otherwise only be possible with REAL depth. So I've seen this used before where O-gauge is closest to the viewers, and in the background you have HO-gauge, then further back you could have N-Gauge. If your scenery is done cleverly, you could force a perspective that looks very very deep even though each gauge is not very far from each other. With T-gauge, you could do this technique with N, Z and T respectively. The T gauge would look very far away
It looks like you could use T Gauge to simulate an O scale layout on an O scale layout. Almost. Maybe LGB. Anyway, mind blown.
Yeah, you could do some fun things. Like a garden railway in the backyard of an O scale or G scale house.
I model a bit of g scale and worked out the scaling. In 1:20 scale, the 3mm T gauge track would be 60mm, so yea it’s entirely possible to have a roughly g scale layout on a scale layout! Maybe I’ll just have to do that!
rebuild the G layout you have in T and then use 0.15mm wire to do another scale version inside that for total scaleception
even better if your G layout is a scale version of the actual railways around you
I was thinking an HO scale park w/ a miniature train for HO park visitors to ride.
O scale is 1:48. That's means the T scale would be 1:10 to that. That's coming close to a kiddie ride at the fair compared to a real train. G scale is 1:24 so T scale would be 1:20 compared to it. So setting up a large track going all over the place and some people standing in a clearing "running" a T scale train at the same time would be pretty awesome.
I remember seeing a cartoon in a model railroader magazine in the 60's or 70's showing a guy on a train with a layout in his briefcase. I thought how neat that would be, now it can be done.
idk how i got onto model train youtube but having read so much about model train clubs and how rad they are i am glad to be here thanks for having a channel
A good few years ago there was a T gauge layout at the Model Rail Scotland show where there was a 3D printed Forth Eail Bridge with T gauge trains running on it, very impressive.
Thought about getting (back!) into model railways, but I live in a tiny flat in Osaka. I looked into it and they actually make (retired) Osaka Loop Line trains, Hankyu trains (main terminus in Osaka) and an older JR train that is still a rural workhorse, if not seen in cities any more. You can even make a 14-car original Shinkansen!
This is what I dreamed of having running through my MicroMachines City scape I built back in the late 80's as a kid. The MM trains were this size but you had to push them by hand. This would've been the same size but perfect.
I have an MM Trainset, it was at least 550x cheaper than this though lol
(Update: Found them WAY cheaper on the TGauge site, much more reasonable.)
Never mind the hat, what I’d really like to see is how much track you could set up on a typical 4x8 plywood sheet. It would be amazing to see super long straightaways, long trains and a huge rail yard.
Is that a 4 x 8 METRE plywood sheet? That would be reasonably ambitious. Would be large enough to hide the fiddle yard out of sight. I run 10 trains on less than half of that size.
@@Demun1649 Sorry, we're behind times here in the states - that would be 4 feet by 8 feet - which is a standard size construction sheet here. Yes, it would be huge - but just imagine the possibilities. You could possibly do an entire city rail station, including switching yard!
@@cheapme1850 I was quite excited for a while. I suppose it is down to me to attempt the big one. 4 x 8 metres would have to be on four boards, in order to fit in my Karoq, along with the mobility scooter, and clothes bags, spare parts and all the rolling stock. A distinct possibility that it will be either French or Dutch outline, since the ONE train I really, really want to run is the French SNCF TGV train, and that goes to the Netherlands as well. I could have both countries on the tracks at the same time.
I'll have to sit down, quietly, and shock myself with the costs! On the plus side, I could have lots of dogs on the layout.
@cheapme1850 We are not behind. We gave up going metric back in the 70s.
@@JR-uc5oz To refuse to grow up and move onto an adult METRIC system is rather short-sighted. I can only deduce you are Yenghi. The only country in the world that is incapable of producing educated students who can be flexible enough to learn an ADULT system. Stay locked away in the past, along with your gun-crazy school massacres.
The pen in the kit is described as "Energizing Stabilizer Oil Pen" which sounds like a conductive lubricant.
i think that might be an odd translation(?) of "powered rail oil pen" or something, maybe
i am utterly speechless, that is incredible!
This was a lot of fun! Not sure my eyesight is up to dealing with stuff this small though, but as has been said below you could get an awful lot of T-scale layout in a small room. With OO/HO models, things falling on the floor after accidents is always a concern, with T-scale, I would imagine that finding them again if that happens is even more challenging!
Eyesight? Shit...I'm 59...I can absolutely ASSURE you MY eyesight's limit is HO scale nowadays.... I do like HO because you can actually clean it and work on it.
On a N scale layout, a T scale track & loco would make a fun miniature train in an amusement park diorama. You can even have figures sitting on top of the carriages. 😊
This scale is nice for suitcase layouts. Thanks to the magnet, you could even run the train while carrying the suitcase! lol
Oh wow!
I love the tiny scale trains!
Every since I was a kid in the 1970's and I saw that some guy had a Z gauge in a Briefcase, I wanted one. I finally found one locally (Atlanta) in 1993 and it was the only set! I have been looking for Z trains and accessories ever since, though I have yet to set one up in a scene permanently. I do take it out every few years to see it run!
Now that you have showed me T gauge, I will forever be on a quest to find as many of these trains and train accessories!
Yikes, I wasn't ready for that price point but imagine the possibilities of building a small setup inside a very small suitcase.
It's like a scale model of a scale model. Like something you'd see setup around a 1/4-scale diorama.
What a cool way of looking at it!!
Man this thing is epic because you can carry it on every where from your house to somewhere
Steve you have a great CZcams page! I find myself getting inspired by your; z,n, and on30 layout approach!I have all of those scales plus 3 😊rail o and g scale!
Thanks,
George
Thanks!
So awesome. Thank you for bringing this to us!
Next video: I got a REAL train
Don’t give me ideas! Lol
@@StevesTrainsyou will buy a real train 👋🏻
Hey its Steve! This is my ac4400cw with sound and real diesel exhaust! 😂
@@StevesTrainsthere are two Andrew Barclay tank engines in Thomas muir scrapyard if you ever need an engine
@@StevesTrains real life train is for 4bilion$
Wow, that is crazy tiny! And so wild the way it stays on the track! You could use this to make a scaled-down garden railroad on a G scale layout.
Yes!
This is insane. Carry this entire thing in your pocket and play with it while eating at Dennys😂😂
Wow! I thought N was small, and that`s the gauge I model in These oddball scales are fascinating.
I’m an N scaler too, but I’ve been fascinated by Z scale for some time. Now this? It may be fun, but I can’t imagine trying to build scenery for this T scale! Imagine a person standing in the train yard. You’d need a microscope to paint him! Buildings and automobiles would be so tiny, just too tedious for me, I use a magnifier for N scale!
@@alphagt62You'd need to paint it with a sewing needle 😂
Can’t wait to see the hat! Now I’ll be thinking of other places to put a loop… this is great for travelers! Run a train while on a train!
That’s adorable! I could build a whole layout in a glass-topped cat-proof coffee table!
As someone with very limited room, the smaller scales are more practical for me. But I thought Z was tiny at 1/220. T is miniature even compared to that. And while it was relatively rare in the US until recently, TT has been gaining traction. Which does interest me. It fills that gap between N and HO (which are 1/160 and 1/87, respectively). Z is pretty tough to find.
The T scale train is amazing. ❤️ love it.
Excellent unboxing Steve! We do recommend running the train in at full speed for 5 minutes each way, after which you should be able to get it down to shunting speed...as long as the tracks and wheels are kept squeaky clean! ;) Looking forward to seeing that Hat!
Thanks for the tips!
@@StevesTrains curious how the locomotives look inside, how they solve housing the motor in such a tight space
Ooh! Mfr are here in person! Ok I'll repeat directly to you what I said to steve:
I really want to see a tear-down! Can we persuade you to supply Steve a sacrificial power unit? That would be so cool. And maybe one carriage to look at your moulding? I'm imagining its solid at that size to give it enough weight for stability...
OH COME ON!!!! This is insane! This is a must get! The initial shock of price, best sit down! No steam trains though. They do make switches, which is awesome! We need DCC and smoke fore sure. LOL.
They have steam locomotives now.
@@originaldcjensen really? Got to check that out.
I had Märklin H0 in the 90s as a Kid. Now i like building Dioramas and man. That size looks phenomenal!
This is so tiny! How fascinating!!
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
That is so cute I can put one of those running around my miniature dollhouses i make super cool i will be thinking about t scale !! Thanks Steve so cool!!!
That would be super fun!
I just ordered this set today after watching the video! Thanks!!!
Very cool! It’s fun!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
It would be cool to simulate a train going into the distance with this, so start o gauge then it goes behind a hill, then step down and have a similar train pop up and go across continue till you are at the wall the t scale.
Woe! Cool idea!
That's called Forced Perspective in the movie biz.
@@mattbrewster8051 ok didn’t know that.
Recently I suffered a couple of strokes and am unable to setup my Z scale trains. But despite this I have been thinking about T scale, appreciate you sharing this video and information.
that is the cutest thing! -after kittens of course
Can't wait to see the hat layout build. Those are so cute and it ran so well. Thanks for sharing see you next time.
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Thanks! I’m about halfway done with the hat, so hopefully I’ll have the video out in two weeks.
I'm guessing the magnets in the train are to add "Weight" and improve traction, since that tiny engine won't be able to pull much on its own.
Scientifically speaking, magnets increase normal and (static) friction forces. And this also explains why only locomotives have magnets.
Only magnets in a TGauge loco are in the 4mm motor - the driving wheels are magnetic as well as the front wheels
@@markopinteric*Power cars.
That is correct. Once you get down below 1:300 gravity, for lack of a better phrase, stops working.
WOW!!!!! People and big city’s with little e room for a layout would definitely buy something like that. New York City’s popular NYC Transit subway would sell out if they made them.
My “first contact” with these alien trains from another scale!! Thanks for the introduction!! (..new subscriber 🛤️)
Its to dang cute..all you need is tiny Japanese commuters going to work 😂
It seems you've found the ultimate equipment for one of your small layout projects. Probably a 1'x2' magnifying glass so you could see and build a layout. The hat would be fun at a train show!
I have a T Guage set. It's good fun. More a toy than anything. Scale speed is impossible. But I like to get it out every now and again!
That is nuts!
The grades that will do with the magnet is quite impressive. The comparison with AA battery is crazy.
AAA battery not AA actually!
Wow! N scale looks huge.
It would be really cool to imbed a tiny t-scale track into your desk and then put an acrylic window over it
Just for reference, the smallest motors I can find in a quick search are 3 mm diameter.
This is very nice though a little spendy. Imagine making 4 mm tall people for that scale.
You could probably find a map or satellite photo to build the layout on.
I would love to see this as a ride on park train in a larger scale layout. It looks like it would work in HO scale
Wow that is impressively small, I'd only known of N scale but there are multiple scales that are smaller, T scale is roughly the size of a AAA battery...Amazing!!
For your hat project you should consider something with a wide, round, flat brim. Like maybe something the Amish would wear, or Billy Jack style hat.
I’ve seen the real train before. They have recently been retired from my local main line (the east coast mainline) after something like 30-40 years of service. The class 43 was a reliable workhorse and it kept the north east of England & Scotland connected to the south east of england in under 5-6 or so hours. Pretty impressive to see it being modelled that small.
Thanks! This is amazing. I don't have any trains at home but am thinking having this running around my desk at work would be a hoot. 🥳
Thank you so much for the donation!
I believe years ago I saw an even smaller size displayed at some train showed. Except they weren't trains on tracks. The "track" was just a flat painted surface a series of holes drilled at a slight angle. Little tiny "walls" the full length kept the train on the "track." Air pressure went through the holes keep the engine and cars on a cushion of air. With the holes being angled, it had propulsion. The little engine and cars were made from tiny blocks of wood, shaped and painted. More air, more speed.
This is mental. I keep thinking the red car is 00 or HO but it's N....and it looks HUGE in comparison. WOW.
This is amazing! As a mailman, I have a route case which is basically a desk with stacks of shelves on three sides. I'd love to build a desktop setup with a plexiglass top & I could watch my train go as I case up the mail for delivery & not loose any desk space. Don't think my postmaster would be too found of the idea though LoL
BUSCH have a Feldbahn HOf system based on Z gauge track with centre metal plates and locos with magnets. The locos are small and 1:87 scale (HO) but can be added to full size HO layouts as the buildings and people models are the same scale.
Omg I wish I found these before z scale I would love these tiny things lol
Thanks Steve... Very 😎!
Look forward to the 🎩 layout 👍...
All the best,
Peter -
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I brought one of these a few years ago now. I'm planning on getting some more track to build a little layout on top of a coffee table underneath a glass top
Wow - British T-gauge!
OK I have had n scale for years, (Bachman set I got for Christmas in 87) and I will be ordering one of these, they're adorable,
Fascinating. 👍🏻
I have had t gauge for several years. I did a CZcams of my first one several years ago. The longevity is remarkable.
I wonder if this could be like an amusement park train set up inside a larger scale set up? That would cool to figure out; I imagine an O scale with the people looking out over a railed off section would work well.
Oh great. I'm now obsessed about something I didn't even know existed. Thanks :P
Those are awesome
With magnets holding the train to the track, you could make a mountain railway - incline and all. I guess the model train would be the difficult thing.
This starter set is at $276. It is neat that they have two different starter sets with different sized curved track so that the small oval will fit inside of the larger oval.
That's a little more than half what an HO locomotive costs these days.
@@lancomedic I think I have enough other expensive hobbies these day. I'm thinking that if I ever end up in an nursing home, these small scale sets might be a nice hobby.
I suggest you visit a nursing home to see if you think anyone in there even knows what a "hobby" is. Should you "end up in one", dementia and Alzheimer's will be your only "hobby". I mean no disrespect. @@BryanTorok
@@coloradostrong While many people in nursing homes are there due to mental decline, many are there for other reasons. My grandmother was first in assisted living which was essentially a very small apartment and later spent time in a nursing home. But, she read the newspaper every day and played bingo twice a week. She was in her late 90s when her heart gave out.
Awesome!
Amazing! British 00 Gauge, the old British TT Gauge and N Gauge all run on narrow gauge track for the scales because they couldn't make motors small enough to fit in the locomotives. How motor technology has moved on since the 1950s.
I heard the new TT120 is perfect?
UK trains are smaller than their EU and NA counterparts due to tunnels etc. Proof of the old saying 'dont be first, be best'!
I think it is disappointing the UK stuck with 00 given it’s a decades old forced compromise due to large motors. The rest of the world uses HO with scale accurate track and the UK should have switched to that.
I love the tinier scales, but they're insanely expensive.
Yeah, you can spend a lot in a hurry for sure.
Very impressive and looking forward to the hat! So have you convinced your family that you need a new coffee table for your living room or family room with a glass-enclosed T gauge or Z scale train layout running around inside it? Or are you saving that for the breakfast and/or dining table? Love your videos! - Bill
Yeah, I’ve had ideas along those lines. Maybe a desk with a glass top? That can get tricky because of ergonomics, but might work too. I think T gauge could be great because the trains won’t derail easily if the desk or table is bumped. But, I don’t know how well they will do in terms of longevity, frequency of cleaning, etc to keep them running well.
ShOcK & AWE. Very COoL. The 9 year old boy in my Old Old body "wants one" - NOW! :O) GR8T to see you demo the stability. I assumed the cars wouldn't right run if the family just had bean burritos And yes, I thought Z was the end of the track. But you've got me believing in Santa again! Thank you. Cheers from So.CA.USA 3rd House On the Left..
I’d imagine the magnets are there for traction control. Kind of a neat idea!
Scientist in Korea made a train scale much smaller than this at a nanometer scale. It was part of a micromachining technology demonstrator. Although worthless to us train modelers, the technology is now used in all kinds of microscopic sensors, active variable filter arrays and micro medical diagnostic units or labs on a chip.
This is just adorable
Wow those are wild! But its cool some kids out there dont have tones of room ya know so it is cool they go even that small. Pretty wild tho
Terrific! Old Marklin HO guy here. I didn't know this even existed. Cheers.
Wonderful video!
Man I grew up with Marklin mini trix (N) and mini club (Z) and I always thought those were tiny but this really takes the cake dang.
Wow
I was one of the early adopters of T gauge. It was much cheaper back when I started. My 3rd T gauge layout was actually built on a hat, and yes I did wear it to a model train exhibition. I tried asking if I could get in as an exhibitor. lol! I've even worn it whilst driving a 5" gauge train hauling paying passengers - I'm in Australia.
T gauge trains (or at least the powered ones with magnetic wheels) will run up a vertical track and can even run upside down, although they'll probably fall off eventually.
Here's a video of my T gauge hat from back in 2011. It was made for part of a Christmas party costume, hence the flashing Christmas tree badge. I'd later added a waterfall and bridge to the front part of the hat to break up the all the green.
czcams.com/video/q4YweifEvMo/video.html
Astonishing, this T scale! A whole layout set in a box the same size, as my HO scale VR J class was packaged in.
@@railtrolley the original T gauge sets came with the oval of track fully assembled. Those had somewhat larger boxes of course. Not really sure what they were thinking at the time. I suppose it was a novel idea though. But meant a lot of empty space in the packaging.
@@emdB67 Fully assembled T gauge track would still be smaller than a small pizza box! Not for me though. I have trouble enough seeing to replace the knuckle springs on Kadee HO couplers.
@@railtrolley I think most of us have trouble with Kadee springs. lol!
The oval of T gauge track would take up the space of an A3 piece of paper. The smallest was 120mm radius. I know that there's smaller radius track today, but the earliest models had very little bogie rotation.
I agree that T gauge isn't for everyone. My main interest is actually O scale (VR as you may guess), but I do also like T gauge. Unlike my O scale layout (stored) I at least have room for T, but also I've built N scale layouts with the same or smaller footprint than the standard T gauge ovals.
@@emdB67’s interesting. that
Cool train set, I'd love to see inside that tiny loco. Liked and subscribed!
I’ll try to take one apart eventually.
Wow, Very IMPRESSIVE !
Very smart, will be awesome to see your magic with a small layout
Maybe something inter-city?
amazing!
Make a T Gauge train desk, with the train going around the side of the desk!
Very interesting. Thank you. I have some N scale trains, but I had never heard of T scale, until now. I love miniature trains so I am going to get one. I just hope there are some points available and pieces of track sold separately. Cheers from Canada :-)
an amazing introduction!
This is what I need for my 1:8 train. Ive always wanted a loop of track where I could have a train running on my train while its running. N is too big by half. Actually on second thought this may be TOO small.
T gage made Z look massive.
You tell em', Steve Trains.
My dad made me a birthday cake with Z scale train. It was a cake mountain with a cake tunnel, and a little Z train running through it.
Very cool!
went to a rail show and there was one of these in a Briefcase even with street lights, you could do a layout with differant scale so that you get a veiw of distance