Proto:87 is a model railroad special interest group founded in 1978, dedicated to providing a finescale alternative to traditional H0 scale.

Due to manufacturing restrictions and considerations such as durability, ease of operation and price, most model railroad products feature significant compromises that inhibit their viability as accurate scale models of their prototypes. The most visible of these are wheels and track

Rail tracks

The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers and ballast , plus the underlying subgrade...

, which can be significantly thicker than the prototype.

Proto:87 has its own online store that offers various components and kits to help correct these scale inaccuracies, such as kits for assembling accurate, to-scale trackwork and switches

Railroad switch

A railroad switch, turnout or [set of] points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another at a railway junction....

, finescale wheels for locomotive

Locomotive

A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...

s and rolling stock

Rolling stock

Rolling stock comprises all the vehicles that move on a railway. It usually includes both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches and wagons...

, etc.

External links

• Proto:87 SIG Official website
• Club Proto 87
• Proto:87 International Team
• Proto:87 Stores
• Fremo:87 (German and English)