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 Posted - February 03 2013 : 8:34:37 PM
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Well, I guess this is a "complete" set, an engine, boxcar , and caboose, from Eldon, the Little BigTrain, dual rubber band powered , using a flat square slot car motor to power it. Neither engine has good rubber, though,so will have to locate suitable "power" for it. The motor on one does turn under power, so it's just a matter of the band drive now. Got this off Ebay a couple weeks ago, two engines and the cars.
Jerry
" When life throws you bananas...it's easy to slip up"
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Posted - February 03 2013 : 10:44:04 PM
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That's rather unique for a train set.
Mine this week, I obviously don't have the original box anymore or all the components, but this is the train set that pretty much helped get my model railroad started back in 2000:
No running a circle or oval of Power-Loc track on the ground with either an ATSF 0-4-0 dockside switcher or F7 diesel, a few freight cars and caboose THIS time. (I did still have those available, and some additional building kits, trees and track from those sets.) This time I set it up on a 4x8 sheet of plywood (the very same one my layout is currently on), using all the included track to make the 65x47" over/under Power-Loc track plan pictured on the box. I even remember assembling the three trackside shanty building kits, setting up the three included small trees along with other additional trees I had left over from my "toy train" days of the hobby, putting the "RXR" warning signs at the included railroad crossing, and also getting out my extra freight cars so I could swap them when need be. The only problem was the included power pack didn't work! SO, I worked around that by using the radio-control unit and receiver power pack from my SuperTrain set I got some time back, hooked it up to the terminal rerailer, and the train started right up!
Though when I got it for Christmas then, I believe the box looked like this:
I also got some additional cars and accessories for that Christmas as well to help really make the most out of the new train set! And to think, that all eventually became THIS:
I've still got the log dump car and station on my layout (though the car now has knuckle couplers, of course). You can also see the MEC boxcar from it, at least one of the included autos and trees, and two of the trackside shanties.
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Posted - February 08 2013 : 5:47:36 PM
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Sorry to be late to the party! Here's a set of Tyco Pennsy streamliners. I've collected these five from several different ebay auctions over the past couple of months. The last two to arrive were freshly cleaned yesterday 
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