Lite rail

[Anonymous]

I am looking for a "lite rail" set such as one might find on a city transit line. My son would realy like that. thanks.

[trolleyboy]

The only ones I've seen were made by IHC/AHM a boeing articulated I haven't seen them new for a while so you may have to E-bay or look at a train show. They were available in HO and N. One other thought is look up the east pen web sight they have many links to traction light rail trolley type manufacturers some one eslrmay be making a similar set. regards TB

[trolleyboy]

Hi heres the webpage for them www.eastpenn.org Like I said check out their links section theres a lot of manufacturers listed. Hope this helps. TB

[Jetrock]

The Boeing LRV is about the only modern one being made, aside from a couple of fairly rare expensive brass versions!

Modern "light rail" vehicles have been around long enough that generations of young adults now have fond memories of THEM from their childhoods, like their grandparents remembered the original trolley systems.

[tatans]

If you want to buy some full size Light Rail Transit cars, go to the Bombardier site and look around on Light Rail vehicles, you may get some ideas, Maybe try some European site for models of LRT's, I'm sure I've seen models for sale, if you want to see something really different go to Las Vegas transportation and look up "IRISBUS" sure is a unique project.

[Anonymous]

athern used to carry the Los Angeles area Metro Link wich is considered Light Rail.

[Anonymous]

Brclem--

Sorry. LA Metrolink is not light rail by any stretch. It generally qualifies as commuter rail or possibly regional rail. It uses locomotive-hauled trains of conventional 85' bi-level cars operated in push-pull in mixed traffic on freight RRs. LRT cannot do that because it fails the FRA buffing strength requirements, among other reasons. You are probably thinking of LA Metro Rail, which IS light rail transit, except for the red line subway, which is heavy rail transit.

St. Louis operates a service also called MetroLink, which indeed is light rail.

It also seems to me that I've seen advertisements somewhere for operating models of the Siemens-Duewag U2 LRT cars a la San Diego, Calgary and Edmonton. Maybe someone out there has info.

[Jetrock]

Indeed, "light rail" is a term for what used to be called "trolleys." At some point in the mid-20th Century, "trolleys" were considered obsolete, old-fashioned relics and done away with--but, before long, Light Rail Vehicles were extolled as the Forward-Thinking Commuter Vehicle of the Future! They may run on two rails, and be electrically powered, but because they are Light Rail Vehicles, they are not Trolleys.

This technique was perfected by folks who made their fortune selling coastal property in Arizona and valuable wetlands housing developments in Florida...

[Anonymous]

Here is a posting that may point you in the right direction:
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30986
Check out his website. If you contact digidanny offline, he can probably tell you where to find the scale model trolleys (IF they are commercially available, that is!)

Good luck

[j1love]

I am not sure if this qualifies as "lite rail", but you can purchase trolley models in the Philly area at SEPTA's web page (www.septa.com). They also have a store in their Market East station/complex at 12th and Market St. if you are in the area. Good luck!

[Jetrock]

Kind of neat, although most of what they have are non-motorized toys and the same Bachmann Brill trolley you can get from the Walthers catalog. The Bachmann PCC and Brill are nice cheap ways to add a "historic trolley" line to your layout, although it's nice to have things like trolley poles too...