I recently purchased a Dewitt Clinton train from my local (100Miles) train shop. They thought there were 4 more sets in America"s earliest train sets. Does anyone know what these were called? Thank you, Bill
I couple sets I can think of off the top of my head were called "Pegasus", "Prussia" and "John Bull", there may have been one more but I cannot think of what it was.
The Dewitt Clinton, Pegasus, Prussia, John Bull ,and the Layfayette I have three of the 5,
Thank you, Bill
if you have facebook, you can see pics of the three i have on the page i created for my collection, just look under the locomotives photo album. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balto-Ohio-RR-Fans-Model-Railroad-Collection/558701444163328
Bill-
Yes, there are five variations. Don't look for them to run very well as they are just too small. DCC is probably out unless you want to hide a decoder in one of the cars and at least semi-permanently connect it to the loco. While these short cars and locos will practically turn a right-angle corner, their weight-induced running characteristics make them poor prospects for regular use. Putting lead anywhere you can and keeping track and wheels shiny clean will help but such intense maintenance tends to wear out a modeler's interest pretty quickly. Still, they are a fun display or occasional use item.
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or as flat car loads.....
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Just look at the upper left hand corner