German: Normen Europäischer Modellbahnen (French: Normes Européennes de Modélisme ferroviaires, literally European Standards for Model Railways, known in the UK as Normal European Modelling Standards (NEM Standards)) are standards for model railroads, issued by the MOROP.
Standards
The NEM standards are defined and maintained by the Technical Commission of the MOROP in collaboration with model railroad manufacturers.
The NEM standards cover areas similar to the standards and recommended practices defined by the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) in the United States, but the two standards are not universally interchangeable. In recent years, MOROP and NMRA have been working more closely together to establish common standards for developments such as DCC. European model railroad manufacturers generally follow the NEM standards, while North American manufacturers generally follow NMRA standards.
See also
- List of rail transport modelling scale standards
- Rail transport modelling scales
References
General
- Most of this page's content was taken from the NEM article in DCCWiki
External links
- NEM standards on MOROP website: English (outdated), German, and French
- MOROP website
- NEM article in DCC Wiki