Fred, I am impressed that this train runs on the rails of a metal track. Many battery-powered trains today run in grooves inside a plastic track. The smaller the train, the more often it jumps the rails.
"HONGZ" stands for HO scale, N scale, G scale, and Z scale.
Post your non-O scale stuff here!
Vincent Massi posted:Fred, I am impressed that this train runs on the rails of a metal track. Many battery-powered trains today run in grooves inside a plastic track. The smaller the train, the more often it jumps the rails.
This trains runs on the "normal" non-isolated tinplate rails that Mettoy supplied with their clockwork trains. A boy that had already some clockwork train/rails could expand his layout with this set (in 1956).
Regards
Fred
Andy Romano has posted images of his Ironbound RR here on this forum. He has been running battery power O 2 rail for several years. There are also images on his website Trainutz.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...amp;feature=youtu.be
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...l-size-o-scale-locos
Simon
Ron!!!! Those two Hershey tank cars are a threat to my weight!
Two things:
1) I bought a second Lego dead rail that is compatible with my first one But they also have a Lego Christmas train. When I researched it on the web, it isn't motorized. As with any major purchase, LOOK IT UP ON THE WEB FIRST!
2) Good, bad, or ugly, has anyone purchased one of the dead rail O gauge trains that Lionel is selling?
Has anyone purchased Lionel's "Pennsylvania Flyer" O gauge dead rail train? I want to get one, but first I would like to know how it does.
I THINK that this is Lionel's sixth dead rail train. Does anyone have one of the previous ones, and can you tell me how it did?
Vincent Massi posted:Has anyone purchased Lionel's "Pennsylvania Flyer" O gauge dead rail train? I want to get one, but first I would like to know how it does.
I THINK that this is Lionel's sixth dead rail train. Does anyone have one of the previous ones, and can you tell me how it did?
Isn't that a large scale Ready to Play set?
Rusty
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Rusty Traque posted:Vincent Massi posted:Has anyone purchased Lionel's "Pennsylvania Flyer" O gauge dead rail train? I want to get one, but first I would like to know how it does.
I THINK that this is Lionel's sixth dead rail train. Does anyone have one of the previous ones, and can you tell me how it did?
Isn't that a large scale Ready to Play set?
Rusty
Rusty, they had made a G gauge dead rail a few years ago. Their current catalog offers a dead rail O gauge model.
Vincent Massi posted:1) I bought a second Lego dead rail that is compatible with my first one But they also have a Lego Christmas train. When I researched it on the web, it isn't motorized. As with any major purchase, LOOK IT UP ON THE WEB FIRST!
Easily fixable with a motor set. If you can't get it into the engine, put it in the tender. Many of the 9v steam engines were tender drive.
Vincent Massi posted:Rusty Traque posted:Vincent Massi posted:Has anyone purchased Lionel's "Pennsylvania Flyer" O gauge dead rail train? I want to get one, but first I would like to know how it does.
I THINK that this is Lionel's sixth dead rail train. Does anyone have one of the previous ones, and can you tell me how it did?
Isn't that a large scale Ready to Play set?
Rusty
Rusty, they had made a G gauge dead rail a few years ago. Their current catalog offers a dead rail O gauge model.
Which set is the O gauge dead rail model?
Steve
Steve, somewhere in their newest catalog, towards the end, they advertise an O gauge dead rail Pennsylvania Flyer. They have discontinued the G scale version, and I'm not sure if they still manufacture the regular O gauge version.
The dead rail sets start on p232.
Vincent Massi posted:Steve, somewhere in their newest catalog, towards the end, they advertise an O gauge dead rail Pennsylvania Flyer. They have discontinued the G scale version, and I'm not sure if they still manufacture the regular O gauge version.
A-hem...
"*Ready-To-Play is not compatible with Lionel G-Gauge or other G-Gauge systems."
No mention of O Gauge. The locomotive uses 6 C batteries. Looks like they're large-scalish to me...
Rusty
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I may be incorrect, but I believe that currently the only way to get a battery powered train of collector/operator level is to have a currently available loco of some nature converted to battery power.
Rusty Traque posted:Vincent Massi posted:Steve, somewhere in their newest catalog, towards the end, they advertise an O gauge dead rail Pennsylvania Flyer. They have discontinued the G scale version, and I'm not sure if they still manufacture the regular O gauge version.
A-hem...
"*Ready-To-Play is not compatible with Lionel G-Gauge or other G-Gauge systems."
No mention of O Gauge. The locomotive uses 6 C batteries. Looks like they're large-scalish to me...
Rusty
Thanks Rusty, kind of what I thought. If someone has one of these sets could they measure track gauge and inform us? Or could someone from Lionel clarify? Thanks.
Steve
BOB WALKER posted:I may be incorrect, but I believe that currently the only way to get a battery powered train of collector/operator level is to have a currently available loco of some nature converted to battery power.
Kind of what I've done. When Ollies (deep discount store) was blowing out the Lionel Dinosaur sets, which used LionChief (not LC Plus), I bought couple of sets. I gutted one engine and put the control parts in a Lionel RS-3 AND hooked a battery up. In this case a 9 volt battery and it all worked. It was only a POC and the 9 volt battery pulling 3 cars ran for 15 minutes. At that point in time, I stopped as I had proven what I wanted. I was actually a little surprised the 9V battery ran that long. Yes it slowed down but never came to a stop. I've also modified a Lionel 4-4-2 steam lok (the mid to late 1980's version) with the LC guts and it worked fine (note: this mod used track power, NOT battery). That POC worked as expected. I had to put the electronics in the tender and ran two wires to the motor. Now, looking for my next POC project. 
Steve
I'm afraid that Rusty is correct. The Pennsylvania Flyer advertised in the newest Lionel catalog is "Ready to Play" gauge which is twice as wide as O gauge.
I managed to find customer reviews, and they were mostly unfavorable, claiming that the locomotive constantly derails. It SEEMS that they then improved the loco so that the newer ones run better now.
However, it is too large for my lay-out, so I won't be ordering one.
To complicate, Lionel has discontinued its dead rail "traditional scale" PRR Flyer. "Traditional scale" SEEMS to mean O gauge with the dimensions altered to make it fit on the track while maintaining eye appeal. And then there are people insisting that they own traditional scale trains that are not O gauge.
On the subject of the deadrail concept, I currently have four battery powered OGauge locos that I converted and which I have demonstrated at club meets. They all run beautifully, but battery power is just one of many available operating modes and is subject to an individual's preference.
