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N scale

N scale is a popular model railway scale. Depending upon the manufacturer (or country), the scale ranges from 1:148 to 1:160. Effectively the scale is 1:159, 9 mm to 1,435 mm (.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac…

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Model gauge
9 mm (0.354 in)
Prototype gauge
Standard gauge
Scale ratio
1:148 (United Kingdom) · 1:150 (Japan) · 1:160 (elsewhere)

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N scale

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples91
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
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N scale

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related to Australian N scale · 17
N scale → Aust-N-Rail, Australia, Australia's, Australia-N Railways, Australian, BadgerBits, Chinese, In, Manufacturers, N-gauge, Nn3, November, Other, Queensland Railways, Some, The Victorian, Z-gauge
related to OOO scale · 16
N scale → Coupling, DC, Electrified, Gearing, In, Lone Star, Lone Star Locos, N-scale, Newberry, OO-scale, OOO, The, The OOO, Treble-0-Lectric, United Kingdom, United States
related to Standards · 13
N scale → DC, Europe, In, MOROP, NMRA, NMRA-DCC, North America, Selectrix, Since, Standards, The, These, This
related to history · 11
N scale → Although, Arnold, For, HO, In Japan, Models, N-scale, Not, Nuremberg, Rapido, Unlike
related to Japanese N scale · 8
N scale → But, Japan, Japanese N-scale, Japanese National Railways, Shinkansen, Since, This, TT-9
related to United Kingdom · 7
N scale → Early, In, In Britain, N-scale, OO, OOO, United Kingdom
related to 2 mm to the foot scale · 6
N scale → European, FiNe, It, N-gauge, Nearer, United Kingdom
related to Variants · 5
N scale → Europe, Finescale, In, N-gauge, United States
Scale ratio · 3
N scale → 1:148 (United Kingdom), 1:150 (Japan), 1:160 (elsewhere)
is a · 2
N scale → most popular scale, popular model railway scale

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scale mm track models gauge n-scale rails used 160 united use rail arnold model also standard 148 kingdom coupler modellers

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
N scaleModel gauge9 mm (0.354 in)1.00infobox
N scalePrototype gaugeStandard gauge1.00infobox
N scaleScale ratio1:148 (United Kingdom)1.00infobox
N scaleScale ratio1:150 (Japan)1.00infobox
N scaleScale ratio1:160 (elsewhere)1.00infobox
N scaleis apopular model railway scale0.90text
N scaleis amost popular scale0.90text
N scalerelated to 2 mm to the foot scaleUnited Kingdom0.60section
N scalerelated to 2 mm to the foot scaleNearer0.60section
N scalerelated to 2 mm to the foot scaleN-gauge0.60section
N scalerelated to 2 mm to the foot scaleFiNe0.60section
N scalerelated to 2 mm to the foot scaleIt0.60section

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