I know this is the OGR Forum, but I'll try to ask. When I was about 3 to 5 years old, I had a battery operated train. I'm trying to look for the same train again and find it. The engine is a little smaller then O Scale, but near the size. It' a battery operated train I think was TOMY that it has one engine. It climbs up like an elevator. At the top it rolls down like a roller coaster. Swings out on a platform and comes back in and starts over again going up the elevator. The engine is a blue color and has white gears on the side so it can climb the type of elevator. Can someone please help me on trying to figure out that type of battery train this is? Thanks.
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I know this is the OGR Forum, but I'll try to ask. When I was about 3 to 5 years old, I had a battery operated train. I'm trying to look for the same train again and find it. The engine is a little smaller then O Scale, but near the size. It' a battery operated train I think was TOMY that it has one engine. It climbs up like an elevator. At the top it rolls down like a roller coaster. Swings out on a platform and comes back in and starts over again going up the elevator. The engine is a blue color and has white gears on the side so it can climb the type of elevator. Can someone please help me on trying to figure out that type of battery train this is? Thanks.
Just to clarify, a little better context may help. Were you 5 years old in the 60's, 70's, early 80's?
I don't immediately have any toys in my mind that match this exactly, but narrowing down the years can't hurt if someone else might recall something.
-Dave
I know this is the OGR Forum, but I'll try to ask. When I was about 3 to 5 years old, I had a battery operated train. I'm trying to look for the same train again and find it. The engine is a little smaller then O Scale, but near the size. It' a battery operated train I think was TOMY that it has one engine. It climbs up like an elevator. At the top it rolls down like a roller coaster. Swings out on a platform and comes back in and starts over again going up the elevator. The engine is a blue color and has white gears on the side so it can climb the type of elevator. Can someone please help me on trying to figure out that type of battery train this is? Thanks.
Just to clarify, a little better context may help. Were you 5 years old in the 60's, 70's, early 80's?
I don't immediately have any toys in my mind that match this exactly, but narrowing down the years can't hurt if someone else might recall something.
-Dave
It's in the mid 90's. I hope this would help.
I have a vague recollection of such a toy. The key phrase is "swings out on a platform". A few minutes of Google image searching variations on "tumbling loco toy" and finally "climbing loco toy" came up with this:
Ebay: Climbing Stunt Loco Toy It's not the same color as you describe, but all the other details seem to match up.
---PCJ
I have a vague recollection of such a toy. The key phrase is "swings out on a platform". A few minutes of Google image searching variations on "tumbling loco toy" and finally "climbing loco toy" came up with this:
Ebay: Climbing Stunt Loco Toy It's not the same color as you describe, but all the other details seem to match up.
---PCJ
THAT'S IT!!! Thanks for your help. Now I remember. The engine was red.
Post a YOUTube video when you get it.
Andrew