Electricity Free Toy Trains

[Anonymous]

Built with LEGO's:

http://www.lego.com/eng/trains/default.asp

[Big_Boy_4005]

Lego trains are not electricity free. The controller uses an AC adapter, and the trains run on 9v DC. We have quite a few sets, and my 11 year old son really likes them.

[Anonymous]

Apologies. I sped-read the site and thought otherwise.

Still, it's a fascinating bit of fun, don't you agree?

[Anonymous]

yeah you can start with a basic motor and build your own locos. ive even seen lego-railroaders build detaled f3s and other such locos that ca be as big as g-scale!

[Big_Boy_4005]

I know some people who do some very fancy Lego modeling, and actually have a portable display.

Here are a couple of photos taken in my basement. The photographer is 11 years old.
Can you tell which one was designed by Lego and which one was done by my son?[:D]

[Anonymous]

How about those old Marx and Hafner trains? THEY were electricity free!
Wind 'em up and watch 'em go! Still got mine and it still goes! Had a LOT
of fun running the wind-up during the two-week outage due to Hurricane
Isabel! :D