tooters scooters...

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Hornby makes one in HO (OO) scale for about $170... :eek:

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It would be a real challenge making a motorized chassis in that really odd configuration.

I did find one at Eurolocshop.com for $98. As far as I can tell, some are metal kits that you assemble, while others are factory assembled and painted.
 
Re: "How do you fit a motor into something like that?"

A nano motor.

(Perhaps the prototype has a Briggs and Stratton 4 HP lawn mower engine in it.)
 
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That transformation must have used a lot of dark matter... ;)

Came across this really cool old Swiss eloc...

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The little logging caboose with a diecast Model Engineering Works log buggy...

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With the logging crane...

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tooter said:
Added another tooter scooter to the rolling stock...

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It's quite old with metal wheels railings and ladders, and came with strange coupler draft boxes that wouldn't fit Kadees. so I took them off and put Kadee boxes on.

Greg
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It's an old Mantua 4 wheeled Bobber Caboose and possible had the funny looking Mantua hook, and elongated sideways, open loop style couplers.
I think I still have some of my old style cars with them on them that I don't run.


I'm not sure if I have any left or not? Those were popular as they didn't tend to come uncoupled like the original Kdee's did which didn't have the little lip on the inside of the knuckle like the current ones do to keep them together. This was all back in the 1955 period.
 
Hi trussrod, :)

Thanks for the info. I love the look and feel of the old engines and rolling stock. Coupler compatibility never becomes an issue because I put Kadee #148's and snap-together boxes on everything. Their consistent old fashioned high quality fits the old rolling stock quite nicely. :)

Greg
 
Yes. :)
Oscar and Piker are really cool scooters...

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Oscar is the observation car, and Piker is the Pullman sleeping car.
I think mine are from somewhere around the 1990's.

Greg
 
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Just got an old discontinued Roundhouse service caboose off ebay for $13... :)

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It's quite heavy with a diecast metal undercarriage and solid diecast toolboxes.
 
No. They were novelty cars...
Walthers originally introduced them in 1961 as wooden kits. Then they were re-released as plastic RTR's a few times...

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Greg
 
you should get three more Piker's and then that would make a VERY cool train, especially if you fill those gaps with vestibules and cinch up the gaps with short shank couplers.
 


thaddeusthudpucker said:
you should get three more Piker's and then that would make a VERY cool train, especially if you fill those gaps with vestibules and cinch up the gaps with short shank couplers.
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...or even better, I could cut off the ends and glue Oscar and Piker together. ;)

I'm happy to have the pair... and also have a set of old discontinued Roundhouse passenger cars: baggage, pullman, and observation car.

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