Those were the best! What were they called???If I'm not mistaken, those used the toothed plastic strip to spin them up.
Those were the best! What were they called???If I'm not mistaken, those used the toothed plastic strip to spin them up.
No, they used this which is rubber band powered.
I was baking my head over the company and name as well. Good job.
I had one of those as a kid. My friends and I used to race them. They were a hoot.
SSp racersIf I'm not mistaken, those used the toothed plastic strip to spin them up.
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I think way more expensive than rocketry -- there are so many more train models to collect...Trains can be as expensive as rocketry. Digital control and internal sound boards are now pretty much standard on locomotives.
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It can be if you do it right!
"Why else would a grown man play with trains?"
I learned about Bernoulli's Principle from those They were actually very cool!I HAD ONE OF THOSE!
Just thought I'd mention that live steam is a thing. Real heat there.
I used one to heat nichrome wire to cut out foam wings for RC airplanes.Was I the only one who wound up using the train controller as a variable power supply for electrical experimentation...?
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Who remembers these? I had 2 motorcycles, the funny car, and the dragster!
Or, I don't know.... When some - expletive deleted - dispatcher isn't paying attention and allows a train into you working limits, and you are in a narrow canyon.... on single track,.... well that was pretty 'heart stopping!'Oh yea - another expensive and time consuming hobby.
Thought about it at times but just can't imagine I have the time to invest to get what I would want.
I think it's way more of a time sink than rocketry.
Better to join a club like CGMRC to get a train fix.
However the whole notion of "Prototypical Operation" drives me around the bend.
Just run a bunch of trains - no OCD needed.
The "heart stopping" bit. $4500 to $7500, for just the Locomotive and Tender, on some of the highly detailed HO scale stuff. Then you have to buy the rest of the matching cars,,somehow. Another vicious circle, as it were.
Oh yea - had a friend offer me one of his two hand-built engines if I wanted to setup it up in the yard.Just thought I'd mention that live steam is a thing. Real heat there.
$30k will easily buy a used locomotive at auction. If you can do some of the restoration, you can get them for much less.I feel like you should be able to get a real train for that.
I have a college buddy who made it to General Electric Transporation as a project manager for the latest Evolution Tier 4? loco Units. Got a tour around the factory, with the air-float floor. Deluxe cab units, better than my workspace. Extremely quiet, I think they will have to add referee whistles to the front.Or, I don't know.... When some - expletive deleted - dispatcher isn't paying attention and allows a train into you working limits, and you are in a narrow canyon.... on single track,.... well that was pretty 'heart stopping!'
As to "Prototype Operation": Folks! If you like trains that much, get a job playing with the real ones! Not a bad career, and it gives one the money to play with Rockets!...
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