VIDEO: An Extraordinary Model Train City that You Didn’t Even Know You Wanted

When we were kids we all loved trains and having a miniature train with tracks and even a city to go through was every child’s dream.

While some have one or don’t as a child, most of us eventually let this dream go and focus on other things.

But some people keep their passion and when they grow older they start building their amazing models that they always wanted.

This is the case of GinoVille, an HO Model Train City that you can see in the video below.

According to wikipedia.org, HO or H0 is a scale used in model railroading. It is the most popular scale of model railway in the world.

The precise definition of HO or H0 scale varies slightly by country. According to the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) standard S-1.2, predominantly used in North America, in HO scale 3.5 mm (0.1378 in) represents 1 real foot (304.8 mm).

This is a ratio of 1:87.0857142, which is usually rounded to 1:87.1. According to the MOROP standard NEM 010, which is predominantly used in Europe, H0 scale is exactly 1:87.

In HO and H0, rails are spaced 16.5 mm (0.64961 in) apart, which approximates the standard railroad gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in).

The name HO is derived from the fact that its 1:87 scale is approximately half that of O scale which was the smallest of the series of older and larger 0, 1, 2 and 3 scales introduced by Märklin around 1900.

In most English-speaking markets it is pronounced “aitch-oh” and written with the letters HO today, but in German it is pronounced “hah-null”, and still written with the letter H and number 0.

Most modern HO trains run on two-rail track powered by direct current (varying the voltage applied to the rails to change the speed, and polarity to change direction), or by Digital Command Control (DCC) (sending digital commands to a decoder in each locomotive to set the speed, change direction and activate sounds and lights while power comes from the track which is always energised).

Some trains, most notably by Märklin of Germany, run on alternating current, supplied by a “third rail” consisting of small studs on each tie (sleeper) down the centre of the track.

On simple, usually temporary layouts, power is supplied by a power pack consisting of a transformer and rectifier (DC), a rheostat for regulating power to the track (and thus train speed), and reversing to control model direction. On permanent layouts, multiple power supplies are traditionally used, with the trackage divided into electrically isolated sections called blocks; toggle or rotary switches (sometimes relays) are used to select which power supply controls the train in a particular block. With the advent of digital command control, block divisions are largely eliminated, as the computerized controllers can control any train anywhere on the track at any time.

The “gauge” of a railroad is the distance between the inside edges of the railheads. It is distinct from the concept of “scale”, though the terms are often used interchangeably in model railroading.

“Scale” describes the size of a modeled object relative to its prototype. As prototype railroads use a variety of gauges, several different gauges can be modeled in a single scale.