Bought the lionel pioneer zephyr, waiting on it to arrive/
Last night I got to run my new Aerotrain on the club's layout. The mainline is down for track repair so I ran it on the upper line. I bought the Aerotrain set and three add-on cars. That gives me an engine and six cars. The engine, which is lighter than the cars, couldn't handle the six cars up hill. The wheels were lifting off the track under load. Through trial and error I found it could handle five cars. I might have to try more weight in the engine. I think the motors can pull the load. I just can't keep the wheels solidly on the track. Here are some pictures of the set.
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Pat Kn posted:Last night I got to run my new Aerotrain on the club's layout. The mainline is down for track repair so I ran it on the upper line. I bought the Aerotrain set and three add-on cars. That gives me an engine and six cars. The engine, which is lighter than the cars, couldn't handle the six cars up hill. The wheels were lifting off the track under load. Through trial and error I found it could handle five cars. I might have to try more weight in the engine. I think the motors can pull the load. I just can't keep the wheels solidly on the track. Here are some pictures of the set.
Pat, as a Pennsy fan do like these.
One thing there has been a thread here on the OGR about the lights in the end car melting the car. One thread at least documented changing the lights out for LEDs if I recall correctly.
Ron
Thanks Ron. The specs on the set say LED lighting. I will check to make sure the tail lights are LEDs. Maybe the earlier version had incandescent lighting. I'll check to make sure. Thanks again for the heads up.
Almost worth time warping my layout five years into the future, just to include the Aerotrain in the roster.
Is there only one motor in the engine, Pat? I could see where that would greatly effect tractive ability and pulling power, much the same as the performance of any traditional, single motored, plastic shelled Diesel. If that's the case, I wonder how difficult it might be to add power to the rear wheels ?
Speaking of tail lights, I'll bet dollars to donuts that original Aerotrain sketches had tail lights positioned in the 2 overgrown fins, ala GM cars, rather than centered. I deduce that damage susceptibility rationalized having them relocated where a drumhead might have traditionally been attached.
Still, whether it be this set or one of accurate dimensions, it might be worth building that time machine.
Bruce
brwebster posted:Almost worth time warping my layout five years into the future, just to include the Aerotrain in the roster.
Is there only one motor in the engine, Pat? I could see where that would greatly effect tractive ability and pulling power, much the same as the performance of any traditional, single motored, plastic shelled Diesel. If that's the case, I wonder how difficult it might be to add power to the rear wheels ?
Speaking of tail lights, I'll bet dollars to donuts that original Aerotrain sketches had tail lights positioned in the 2 overgrown fins, ala GM cars, rather than centered. I deduce that damage susceptibility rationalized having them relocated where a drumhead might have traditionally been attached.
Still, whether it be this set or one of accurate dimensions, it might be worth building that time machine.
Bruce
Not my pic.
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Bruce,
The Railking Aerotrain has to motors. The rear truck has small pilot wheels in front of the two drive wheels. The front truck drives all four wheels.
The rear of the real Aerotrain actually had a red marker light and a white backup light. The model has two marker lights.
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Yes, lots! I live abroad, and come home twice a year. I buy stuff before I arrive.
My last haul, in no apparent order is :
Lionel 25O box cab
Lionel dispatch board
lionel oil Derrick
lionel 115 station
a Marx 1404 signal
a Marx automatic switch mans tower
plus s slew of spare parts.
I run MPC Lionel with Post war signals and transformers and Marx accessories.
its a tabletop layout and I love it
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DohertyNJ posted:Bought my first Tmcc Lionel steam engine. Need to buy a TMCC base for my MTH setup now. Been looking for a mogul for a while.
You can take the engine out of Canada but it appears you can't take the Canadian out of the engine.
Bruce
This piece of tinplate litho proves that Marx invented Z gauge. 
There's no mistaking, the Honeymoon Express represents the UP M10000.
Here the City of Sandy Eggo pulls into Glendale....the Honeymoon Capitol of the world.
Bruce
Not a 'head turner' ride, but I just got a 2017 KIA Sorento:
My 08 had almost 190K miles and was starting to develop what would likely become expensive fixes. So, as much as I liked it, I just went with the new model.
I've never owned a vehicle with a backup camera before. That'll come in handy when I'm backing up to my trailer for those times when I'm taking my WW2 to Jeep to shows...
stock photo of newest acquisition. Wish MTH made a "Bandit" version with black Firebirds. I would love a "star car" line from MTH: auto carriers with the General Lee, Rosco's police car, Bandit One, Starsky & Hutch Gran Torino, Bullitt Mustang and Charger, A-Team van, Fall Guy pickup, 1966 Batmobile
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p51 posted:Not a 'head turner' ride, but I just got a 2017 KIA Sorento:...
I've never owned a vehicle with a backup camera before. That'll come in handy when I'm backing up to my trailer for those times when I'm taking my WW2 to Jeep to shows...
IMO, once a driver has one on-board, it quickly becomes part of backing-up and parking: turning my head to look around; rear-view mirror; outside side-mirrors; back-up camera showing on a screen in the middle of the dash. I love it and am a better backer-upper for it.
FrankM.
You should never go to a LCCA train show with cash in your pocket...
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You should neve got yo an lcca show in your pickup truck with a pocket full of cash
Matt is right, Cabinet Bob! Did you throw your tools away to full the tool box with trains too? LOL. Looks like you had a great time at the show!!
WOW! Matt
"You should neve got yo an lcca show in your pickup truck with a pocket full of cash"
Must be a heck of a party at Big Boys house
Larry
Bought some new Standard guage track and crappy lumber for the new layout in my bedroom. I will be able to run a train from the bed-cool ??
Moonson posted:p51 posted:Not a 'head turner' ride, but I just got a 2017 KIA Sorento:...
I've never owned a vehicle with a backup camera before. That'll come in handy when I'm backing up to my trailer for those times when I'm taking my WW2 to Jeep to shows...
IMO, once a driver has one on-board, it quickly becomes part of backing-up and parking: turning my head to look around; rear-view mirror; outside side-mirrors; back-up camera showing on a screen in the middle of the dash. I love it and am a better backer-upper for it.
I handle auto claims for an insurance company for my day job, and you can't imagine the number of people who'll back into a car going down the aisle and they never saw it in the backup camera. So no, I won't be relying on it too much as I know you can easily miss stuff with it, as I see that every day.
I usually back into parking space and when I have to back out of one, I look very goofy, looking every direction rapidly like a dog trying to find the source of a sound...
The only time this camera will be utilized is in my own driveway, and when I'm backing toward my trailer on those occasions when I'll be towing something (which isn't very often). I still am pending the tow hitch/wiring to come into the dealer...
Mark Boyce posted:Matt is right, Cabinet Bob! Did you throw your tools away to full the tool box with trains too? LOL. Looks like yyou had a great time at the show!!
Speaking of wayward tools and empty toolboxes, a little adventure I occasionally continue to "enjoy" happens when I need to go layout-diving. (I still wonderhow all that stuff got under there!) As I crawl around, amidst endless boxes for trains and a forest of wire-vines hanging everywhere (we actually did try to bundle & staple them all up, at one point, but found that the staples too often penetrated through the insulation to the wires, causing unhappy results; also, the banging of the staple-gun against the plywood was rocketing miniatures up into the air, disturbing scenery too much...)
...but I digress...
...I find tools , particularly wire-strippers and needle-nosed pliers, thought to have escaped to wherever tools go (in cahoots with missing socks, I suspect), that I haven't seen in years, apparently left in a handy spot, it seemed, as work progressed, but, alas, buried under mounds of everything before they could be gainfully employed once again.
This dubious drama has been taking place since the first plywood platform went upright back in 1995.
FrankM, the underworld explorer.
