>>10432474Japanese trains run on a mix of narrow gauge and standard gauge tracks, interurban commuter and freight stuff run on the narrow gauge while the Shinkansens run on the standard gauge. That difference is why Japanese N Scale uses 1/160 for the Shinkansens (Since they use the same track size as US trains) while everything else is 1/150 (So that they can just recycle the same N scale track while keeping the proportions right for the trains). It's the same reason why UK N is also 1/148 (And the reason for the whole OO/HO split existing in the first place), since while they use the same standard track gauge as the rest of the world their loading gauge is a lot smaller than the US's. See pic related for an example, both are streamlined Pacifics but the Royal Blue dwarfs the shit out of Duchess of Hamilton.
