N scale
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N scale is a popular model railway scale characterized by its small size (typically 1:160), allowing extensive layouts in relatively limited space.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| N scale canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | model railway scale ⓘ |
| advantage |
broader scenic vistas in small rooms
ⓘ
longer trains in a given space ⓘ space efficiency ⓘ |
| allows | extensive layouts in limited space ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | N gauge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commercialSupport |
locomotives
ⓘ
rolling stock ⓘ scenery products ⓘ structure kits ⓘ track systems ⓘ |
| commonRegionVariant |
British N scale 1:148
ⓘ
European and US N scale 1:160 ⓘ Japanese N scale 1:150 ⓘ |
| commonUseCase |
mainline operations with long trains
ⓘ
urban and industrial switching layouts in small spaces ⓘ |
| commonVoltage | low-voltage DC ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | 9 mm narrow-gauge representations in larger scales (e.g., H0e) for track components only ⓘ |
| disadvantage |
less mass and traction than larger scales
ⓘ
smaller parts that can be harder to handle ⓘ |
| eraCoverage | from early steam era to modern high-speed rail ⓘ |
| eraOfWidespreadAdoption | 1960s onward ⓘ |
| largerThan | Z scale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| letterDesignationOrigin | N comes from the German word "Neun" meaning nine ⓘ |
| marketPresence | global ⓘ |
| popularIn | model railroading ⓘ |
| scaleRange | 1:148 to 1:160 ⓘ |
| smallerThan | HO scale ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
NEM (European Normen Europäischer Modellbahnen)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
DCC (Digital Command Control)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
diesel locomotive models ⓘ electric locomotive models ⓘ freight car models ⓘ passenger car models ⓘ steam locomotive models ⓘ structure and scenery modeling ⓘ |
| trackGauge | 9 mm ⓘ |
| typicalLayoutSize | door-sized or smaller for complete mainline circuits ⓘ |
| typicalMinimumRadius | approximately 9 inches (about 228 mm) ⓘ |
| typicalScaleRatio | 1:160 ⓘ |
| typicalTrackCode |
Code 55
ⓘ
Code 80 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
club layouts
ⓘ
home layouts ⓘ modular layouts ⓘ portable exhibition layouts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: N scale Description of subject: N scale is a popular model railway scale characterized by its small size (typically 1:160), allowing extensive layouts in relatively limited space.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.