09-16-2012, 11:06 PM
BR60103 Wrote:I think I had a pair of those -- are they Dickensville? or there's some other name that I can't remember. Battery power in the tender? 1" gauge?
These train sets were a cheap novelty / toy and did not match up to any conventional scale or gauge. The wheel flanges were taller then most hirail O wheels the track was plastic. Not sure of the manufacture. These were close to On30 in overall proportion.
Most of the details were not consistant with the size of rolling stock that is why I am bashing them into some what better looking models. The power was in the loco 2 C cells I think. Will have to see if I can round up a photo of the set(s) before kitbashing. The story behind the trains is that I got them from a discount/closeout store called Schottenstein's they also were the owners of value city stores. Anyway before they closed the store for good they had a clearance sale which included misc. junk which is where I found the box that contined four incomplete and or defective sets, I got them home found that all the locos worked fine and that some of the track was missing as well as a car or two. The set had a cardboard scene divider one side was a town the other side was a jungle. The stock cars came with some lions may have been a circus train set originaly. Not a bad haul for a couple bucks.
For a lack of better term for this type of train I call them plastic plate
