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Re: A few questions about the new trains
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Mon, 14 May 2001 21:21:36 GMT
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I like the huge classic space 928 set! Cool!
But back to trains here...
It may be a good price for a push along train, but I want the full meal
deal. Like everyone, I want a 4558, but I also really like the 4559,
although they seem to go for quite a bit on eBay.
I have been really tempted by trains for a while now, and the 4561 express
railway is starting to grow on me. It is in quite a few stores around where
I live, and I seem to be drawn to it more and more. I admit I don't think
it is perfect, but it does come with pretty much everything to get started,
I think.
Hmmm, what to do, what to do.
~Adam
In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Adam Murtha writes:
> > It looks like in the pictures at S@H that there was a motor included with
> > the set.
>
> You're right, and it also looks like they faked most of the colour schemes
> in a paint package too.
>
> Don't rely completely on the pictures. Read back through here to find out
> what you actually get - for example, the engines are modular, such that an
> engine with a tender actually comes with all the parts to build the slightly
> different-looking one without a tender instead, which would then leave you
> the tender base to build a wagon using your own bricks. The tender is the
> same for both sizes of engine, but note that you can't build the small
> engine just from parts in the big one.
>
> The small train without a tender only has one set of buffers (on the rear)
> in the picture, but has two (front and back) if you actually buy one.
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> > And it looked like the motor was on the tender on the sets that had a
> > tender, in the pics at S@H.
>
> Didn't notice - but the instructions on how to motorise it tell you to put
> the motor under the engine, not the tender, for both the large and small train.
>
> > Hmmm...it looks like getting one of those trains as a train starter would be
> > rather expensive. Thanks for your help.
>
> Depends - the engine, as a push-along, is pretty good value. The lighting
> kit for these engines, however, is expensive. I wouldn't bother with it at all.
>
> To get powered up, ask around for people in your local area/country/state -
> there'll be a few people who've bought several train sets, and who have
> spare controllers and connecting wires they could sell second hand.
>
> Curved track is usually pretty cheap second hand, since most train sets
> contain a loop of track that nobody really wants. The only thing you'd need
> to buy new then is a motor (again, ask around for second hand first), then
> some packs of straight track to start you going somewhere.
>
> Then you can expand with more track, points and wagon base kits (or more
> engines, for parts) to build your own wagons and carriages.
>
> The alternative as a train starter is a second-hand complete (or
> part-complete) set, or a new set. It's up to you, depending on whether you
> want Lego rolling stock or your own designs.
>
> Don't give up. Buy trains! I only started a few months ago, and look
> (bottom pic):
>
> <http://www.joefish.cwc.net/sclf/>
>
> Jason J Railton
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