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February 2, 2017
Victorian Era Drones: How Model Trains Transformed From Cutting-Edge to Quaint
Indeed, the novelty of electric power helped propel model trains into their “classic period,” which, according to Souter, began in 1923 and continued into the first few years of World War II. This was the era of the aforementioned Blue Comet, as well as Lionel’s brown-and-yellow M-10000, which was patterned after Union Pacific’s Streamliner, the first locomotive fully powered by a diesel engine and an early masterpiece of Streamline Moderne design. The Streamliner, later renamed City of Salina, debuted on February 12, 1934, at the Chicago World’s Fair, with a simultaneous release in O-gauge by Lionel. | Collectors Weekly
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I've had a Mike's Train House (MTH) RailKing, O gauge for many years. It's the 2000 Christmas train with 17 cars.
They're all wireless remote control now, the center rail conveys the info to get stuff done, decouple, change tracks, blow the horns, even play music/sounds from remote sources.
This one even has a smoke maker in the front of the engine. Put a drop of applebutter incense oil in there and it smells just like Christmas when it comes out of the tunnel.
The cats are mesmerized by all of it, from a distance. (I've seen Caramel laying across one of the flat cars before.)
Til I hit the horn button.....
Posted by: ghostsniper at February 3, 2017 3:54 AM