As Tim Allen would say MORE POWER !!!

Clever!

Classic case of making lemonade out of a lemon.  Only kidding about the lemon - the Snoopy car is neat.

Great idea, especially about decorating it with Christmas lights.  If you do please post those pics.

Thanks,

Ed

I like it!!

Now all it needs is the sound, maybe the horn could be a barking dog!

Not bad!

Creativity indeed!

How many miles per "DOG BONE" can Snoopy get?  Just wondering.  Really nice.  Thanks for sharing.  Killian

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Cool!      Good timing too with Lionel coming out with some Snoopy items in the latest catalog.

where can you get these?

https://ogrforum.com/f...ineImage/true/S2.jpg

Is it insured by MetLife?

Does the Red Barron know about this.

The rest of the Peanuts gang stole the Christmas lights for the Charlie Brown tree!

Nice job!

Now that's Joe Cool!!! Looking forward to seeing your themes as they are produced.

Wow

 thanks for all the comments.

 I forgot to put this in the original post but another

 formite gave me the original idea. christmasgarden  (Joe )

 had mentioned doing this in an E-mail he sent. I just ran

 with it... ( great idea Joe )

 It was a fun project, I've run it at a couple shows so far and the

 reactions have been good.

 Bigdodgetrain:

  Sorry I don't have the part number for you but it's a Lionel

  power truck from an ALCO or switcher. I found it on E-bay.

  Maybe take the picture to your local LHS and they can tell you.

  It's a DC motor so there should be plenty of them around....

 As far as sound, how about playing a recording of the barking

 dog's singing jingle bells ?  That's a stretch.

 I like the Metlife idea. Get a flatcar with the Metlife flag on it

 and pull it around. Then send them a bill for every lap Snoopy does.

 2 to 3 cents a lap sound ok ?

 Killian:

     The dogbone almost did not survive. I went to the local pet supply

     to buy it. It was just dumb luck it fit on a train car. My dog was

     sniffing around the room for 3 days trying to figure out where the

     treat was.

 Thanks again for all the comments.

  Shall I close by saying "It's a scale piece ? "

  Naw, it would probably start a war on the forum....

 Bruce..

That is great. Thanks.

As long as don't say what scale, you should be OK.   

Poor Woodstock must have to hang on for dear life! Snoopy is going to have some pretty big Biceps if he keeps that up!

Just don't use the word "LASHUP" when running the handcar and the dog house together, otherwise you'll end up in Rich Melvin's "DOG HOUSE".    Killian

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 Great idea Killian....

  Lets' go for broke and call it a scale lashup....

 I keep checking in on this post. I have to watch snoop each time. He's always a favorite since I was a kid. I wonder how today's kids like him? I may just have to get one. Thanks for posting, Joe

I must be doing something wrong, I can not find a Lionel power truck.

Love It!!!!!!

 Yes Bob...

 The Snoopy car is still powered and the resistor used is 6.8 ohm @ 10 watt's

 You may not be able to see it but the rectifier is on the truck and is 8 amp.

  The resistor was hit and miss. I hooked it up, ran it to make sure that one was

  not pulling to hard on the other... 6.8 ohms seemed to work well...

 Bruce..

   Thanks Joe.

  I can tell you this much. You don't see to many frowns when Snoopy goes by.

  Everyone recognizes him, more so the adults than the kids.

  I probably do 8 shows a year and 4 of them are non train crowd people.

  ( senior homes and museums ) He draws as much attention as most other trains.

  except for the loud engines with a lot of smoke.

  Another crowd pleaser  is the M&M hand car. Colors and the animation are nice.

   Bruce..

 I found a picture and a part number.

 goto Lionel's website. I searched for ALCO's and found  a 6-18936 engine.

 The picture looks like what I have. Of course it's not in stock but maybe find the

 engine on E-bay or at a show.

 Looking at some of the other powered trucks, one of them might work.

 A Place to start....

 Bruce..

Thanks!!!  With the part number I found it here;

http://www.traindoctor.com/ser...ionel/8800to9200.php

Piece of bailing wire. something stiff but still bendable with a pair of pliers.

I drilled a hole in the handcar and another in the power truck...

Let me know if you need more pictures...

Love it! Best toy train idea I have seen in a long time. I bet you had a blast building it and what an impression it must make when guest see it come out of a tunnel or shop for the first time.

just got off the phone with http://www.traindoctor.com/ they are currently out of the powered trucks ,  but are trying to get some more.

just received an email from the train doctor and the powered trucks are no longer available.

anyone have a place to get the powered trucks?

How about a K-line or an RMT , Buddie or S-2, power truck ?

Edit: Found some on the Lionel site but can't tell if they are quite the same or not.

http://www.lionel.com/CustomerService/ReplacementParts/index.cfm?doAction=productPartFilter&number=6-22137&productID=CF2EA605-B0D0-205D-B780B721334753CE

That's a pretty low profile motor on that. Another idea even though the motors taller is the WBB Dummy upgrade kit. Or, just get a replacement truck & motor from WBB.

 I guess it depends on what you want to do. If you want just snoopy and the

 dog house, that is fine. If you want to add cars to it you'll need a coupler on one side.

 can't tell from the picture if you can add one or not.  can you ?

HI all
I was at the Lionel open house yesterday and brought the power
truck with me so that the guy's from Lionel could identify it.
They did, ( Thanks Scott )

Seems it's not from an Alco unit as thought. He said it was from a beep
or geep ? not sure it was really noisy. They look to be in stock,

anyway the part number is

620-8857-101 or a 620-8843-101 truck.
620-8857-071 is the side frame.

Or just try the link..
http://www.lionel.com/Customer...;submitButton=Search

Now you guy's can get started. Don't forget to post pictures...

could you tell me what kind of pick-up does that truck have?

Not Exactly sure on those part numbers ( he did not show them to me )

but the one I have is dual roller pickups. One under each axle.