Exciting new Lionel product !

I don't believe toxic explosions of a tank car, real or model, is something anywhere near entertaining.  Toxic chemical spills and explosions kill and hurt people.  Not a very wise accessory for model trains. 

 

I believe Lionel released some sort of tank car accessory which had to do with a chemical spill.  I did not think this item was a good idea either.

 

TEX

Steve

... socially, politically or environmentally correct or not, the question is whether it will make money for Lionel & the rest of the O gauge food chain. After all this is the second decade of the 21st Century.

Pass!

I've got enough "clean ups" on my layout so I think I'll pass also.

Pass for me as well.

 

As to that other tank car accident accessory, I always found it strange that it included a welder!  I know that is a thing that Lionel is trying to incorporate in a few different cars/accessories to get some bang for their development buck, but considering much of what gets transported in tank cars can have interesting reactions with flames, I thought a welder was quite an odd choice.

 

-Dave

I thought that was strange too? There is stuff coming out of the tank car let's see what happens when we light a torch near it.

Well, perhaps the tank car won't be politically correct enough for all the fuzz heads out there, but never to fear...the reality freeks can get their jollies on.....The Lionel Exploding Diesel fueling station!   Or mebby I've watched the "Big Train video once too often!

  

Amen Art, amen indeed.

 

Lets all lighten here. Remember almost all of us got into this hobby after playing with toy trains that ran on 3 rails. Have we forgot about exploding box cars? How about those flat cars with the atomic waste loads that glow in the dark? I bet those rocket fuel tank cars would make a nasty mess if they tipped over.  And last but never the less just as dangerous, we can never forget about those mobile missile flat cars and engins that launched deadly plastic missiles tipped with 100 mega ton warheads. Those mibile missile launchers taught us how to play "The Cold War" and WWIII.

 

And that guy welding a tank car-come on guys, that tank car had a load of corn syrup and he was trying to save the load.

 

Richard

 

 

Jaygee,

Considering the recent deadly accidents involving railroad tank cars, I do not share your sense of humour on this matter. You should also consider the negative effect these types of accidents have on one of the few growing sectors of the rail transport industry. I try not to offer too many opinions on this forum as it is for all of our enjoyment, but I am pretty sure none of the first responders who read your post will find it funny either.

This is not an attempt at political correctness but a call for some sense of Human compassion and class.

 

Jay in Ottawa

Can't imagine anyone who would want a tank car that explodes flour all over their tracks....tough enough to keep them clean...and c'mon, toxic spill a fun factor?.....major fail, Lionel....go back to the drawing boards.....

How would it be any different than this, an earlier car carrying hazardous materials?

 

 

I seem to remember some PC type folks in the 80's getting upset about this one:

 

 

Rusty

come on folks. take a deep breath

I'll pass too and wait for the upcoming "track shrinker" paste.

What's a fuzz head?

Politically correct or not, the exploding tank car, like the break-down diesel unit, is a lot of fun!  In the hands of a child, whether said child is six or sixty, it can be very entertaining - and with flour added, create quite a mess! 

 

I love 'em and will get at least one, perhaps two.

FYI. Flour dust can cause an explosion. And it doesn't leave toxic mess. I think Gomez Addams had it right. Hasn't anybody ever stuffed a plastic model boat with firecrackers and set it adrift on a pond?

Lighten up people, next thing people will be getting upset because some of us have fire or accident scenes on our layouts. 

 

Jerry

Well maybe not exploding, but how about some sound when the

car is coupled to rough. 

"Hey fred, After that last couple I think we blew a line on #4 "

 

Maybe something simular to the tank cars with all the sound they made a couple

years a go.

I believe that there was a legacy cattle car that had a cowboy and

cow sounds that became louder as the ride became rougher.

 

There might be some play value there...

I think disasters are a normal part of pretend play. A lot of times kids use them as either a transition or ending to what they're doing. After commenting on any elaborate town with trains, an airport, etch that my two kids created in the living room, I had to sadly announce that they needed to dismantle it and put it away. Next thing you know, a plane crashed into a bus that was crossing the tracks. The train piled into the accident triggering a major landslide and earthquake destroying the town. Then a flash flood swept it all into the toy box. I can't think of a more exciting way to put away your toys.

Maybe we should have prototypical engine failures. 

I thought we did?

  "Comes with internal pockets which hold flour, so you can simulate a huge, highly toxic explosion !"

 

Having to clean the normal dust is bad enough without adding to it with fine dust from flour. I'll pass on this one!

The controversy alone will have these puppies flying off the shelves!  And into the fray, comes Lionel with the ultimate Gomez Addams wanna-be!  Yup, she's the big Lionel ....Exploding Steam Locomotive!   Here she comes; the big C&O Allegheny in full 1/4 inch scale!  She's the rehashed JLC H8 2-6-6-6; Number 1642.  Put her on your favorite coal train and send her off to Hinton.  And the track activator you previously set up at CW tower sets the action into motion.  The low water alarm starts to screech, water overflow drains from the injector and FWH system under the cab, and a few moments later....BOOM, the crown sheet lets go and fills the air in your basement with a gallon of pre-heated smoke fluid!  A super powered spring mechanism blows the boiler of the chooch zillions of scale feet into the air and it comes crashing down...all thirteen pounds of it ...onto your right of way!  Thus ensuring the track workers plenty of overtime for the next week!   Big fun!  And big bucks too. Only $2195. at your favorite LHS/ Lionel dealer.   For those of us challenged with smaller layouts, or tighter radii, Big "L" has...the Exploding B&O Dockside!  And for the kids, and young at heart...The Exploding Thomas the Tank Engine!   Bon appetit!, or perhaps,  mysterious and spooky !

no, no, no, your making this way bigger that it is.... the exploding box car was fun and coupled with the minute man missle had gread play value!

I even thought this was very cool to play with recently:

 

 

 

 

Big difference....neither of these cars explode and spread flour all over your tracks....how about an exploding water water tank or depot; short out the tracks and brings your train to a halt?....just a bad idea

 

Yes, it can make a mess, but you don't have to load the flour, leave it empty and let it pop.

I have the Minuteman and the exploding boxcar, I'll probably add the tank car to the group as well.

not much different from having Bush chase terrorists. 

 

Repeat after me: THIS IS ONLY A TOY THIS IS ONLY A TOY. . .

R U suggesting a Lionel cop and hobo car with....G.W.  or B.H.O. figure chasing an

Osama Bin Ladin figure around a UN marked gondola???    Awesome!   I want it, and will get a second one 4 favorite person too !

 

K-Line already offered something similar back in 2005:

 

http://www.legacykline.com/app...;p_oem_sku=K707-8012

 

http://www.collector-modeltrai...log_item/MT-0253939/

 

 

 

 

As to the idea an exploding tank car involving a powdery substance that will make a mess on my layout, I'll pass.

 

 

I'm with you.  It's all about fun and breaking the rules that constrain us in the real world is fun!  Political incorrectness - yes!!.  I have a murder (with smoking gun), a theft, a wife-beating/husband being arrested, and a purse snatching on my layout, and in addition an Eskimo porno shop (Polar XXX Press).

 

As to the mess of exploding flour - every time I add vegetation with a shaker bottle of "grass" I make a much, much bigger mess.  That's what shop vacs are for!

I agree about the flour being a mess, just don't put flour in it. Be kind of cool if they could incorporate caps in it to increase the BANG!

Polar XXX Press...

 

Jerry

TEX I have to agree with you. Look what happened just across the border from me in Canada. STUPID LIONEL

I think the original poster's intentions was purely tongue-in-cheek. 

 

No such product has been announced by Lionel, formally or otherwise.  I certainly haven't seen anything on their website, from mail listings, etc. to indicate that they are.  If anyone has credible evidence to the contrary then by all means post it here.  Otherwise you can just conclude that the original poster probably did indeed watch the "Big Train video once too often[sic] with an overly active, if not downright hyper, imagination at play. 

 

 

Those who read the initial post carefully (well, not even carefully) can tell that this is not a Lionel proposal or product.

 

Whoa!  Reality check folks.  THis is called a joke.  Questionable taste perhaps, but frankly, some of the (over)reactions were a lot funnier!

What somebody needs to come up with is the Proto-Suck car.  Somewhere in Europe, somebody did something with a tank car, and it imploded on itself.  I think it was a demo of what can happen if you place H20 with some types of ammonia.

A joke?  A wasted thread on a joke?.....then how about this:

 

What do toy trains and boobs have in common?.........They're intended for children but men play with them more....