Model railway scale calculator
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Prototype would be doing
158.4 km/h
| mph for the prototype | 98.43 |
| Model speed | 200 mm/s |
| Crosses 1 m of layout in | 5 s |
At 1:220 (Z), standard gauge (1435 mm) scales to 6.52 mm, against the 6.5 mm track the scale is sold on. Metre gauge works out at 4.55 mm, the reason Swiss narrow gauge at this scale runs on 4.5 mm (Zm) track.