WOW, LIONEL SURE HAS SUPRISED ME!!!!!!!!!

[palallin]

Personally, I wish our trains were battery instead of track powered - with something like an engine house containing a charger.

 

And it appears that our hobby will head in that direction, too.  Instantly gone are track continuity problems, complicated wiring, much of the burden associated with current CC systems, transformer woes, and a host of related gremlins.  If we can fly planes, sail ships, and run tanks and trucks and race cars via battery power and radio control, trains oughta be easy (and reletively inexpensive). 

 

Although I rarely encourage change for change's sake, this change I earnestly await.  My prewar trains will not be modified for it, but anything I run regularly will if/when the components hit the market at a reasonable price point.

[gvdobler]

If you don't like the same trains as me you're just silly.  I can afford new trains, why would I want to run 50 year old junk that wasn't that great when it was new. 

Holy cow, we're gonna start counting rivets and change the name to "Classic (ONLY scale, accurate dimension, high rail, only for grown-ups) Toy Trains."

There should pass a law that no store can sell any cheap junk trains that kids can have fun with.  If they can't take proper care of a $1,400 locomotive then they shouldn't be allowed in the train room. Kids should graduate college and start earning a good income before they take up this hobby.

[lionelsoni]

Counting rivets is okay.  Not counting rivets is okay.

[3railguy]

I feel that Lionel should be more focused on making prototypical models of actual trains, rather than making a big deal about this one. But I wouldn't be a bit suprised if this train makes the cover of Lionel's "2007 Volume II" catalog. Sadly, this is one major reason why I prefer MTH trains over Lionel; they just don't seem to make any trains I really want nowadays...though MTH always does, at one time or another.

 So the MTH Coors train is more prototypical than the Lionel Hogwart?

[rtraincollector]

I agree the catalog sure surprised me on the fact the  trolley and tow car on page 169 in standard gauge sure looks great to me. I also like the hogwart express train and a lot of other stuff offered by lionel and lionel/kkline .  Mth has some nice stuff to. I use to say I didn't like mth but the fact is I find all the companys ( lionel, mth, atlas, williams, weaver, and the rest ) all have some real nice stuff can't afford a lot of it but still like to look at it.

[gvdobler]

And if you drink enough Coors, you can actually ride inside the Bullet, thereby making it a prototypical train and then MTH is not guilty of grubbing for money and they only produce copies of real trains, hic.