Little Passengers?

Since this thread was started, Lionel has come out with passengers advertised for their scale 21" cars. I've found they look good in other Lionel cars was well.

Golden Gate Little People gets you half again the number of passengers, usually for a couple bucks less than the Lionel offering.  The size of the two figure sets are similar.

I was a big fan of the RMT 50 (or was it 60?) pack of people for about $40 bucks. That was enough to fill a passenger train for me. 

Since the RMT people have been out of production, I've used a combination of MTH people and Lionel "scale" people that Bill posted about and included photos of, above. They look great together. 

Then again, I also really like silhouettes.......

I found the RMT people to be too big for most cars passenger seats, I still have several packages of them.  I occasionally find a place they'll fit and I use a few.

we used the Lionel pack and this offering from MTH:

They both fit well in out RailKing seats.

We also tried these from Amazon:

The first set looks ok, but only half would sit well into the seats. For the second set, the people look pretty scary and not that well painted, but almost all fit well into the seats. I placed these usually on interior seats, and reserved the Lionel and MTH figures for the windows and in the vista domes.

Prefer the Lionel/MTH offerings, but they are pricey if you have a lot of passenger cars. (and I'm frugal like John...)

Cannot find the figures on the Lionel site.  Does anyone have a part# or search reference?  Thanks!

Bruce

Hi Bruce,

try this - Lionel #6-83653

https://www.trainworld.com/man...car-figures-24-pack/

Patrick

OC Patrick posted:

Hi Bruce,

try this - Lionel #6-83653

https://www.trainworld.com/man...car-figures-24-pack/

Patrick

Thanks!

Bruce

Here are my Little people installed in my CZ WP Dome/Observation car.

For me, the Golden Gate/ 3rd Rail people are the best.  My RR is settled on 1950 as it's year of operation and GG's 1940 - 1950 figures do fit that bill.  And they are inexpensive;  usually less than $1 a piece in sets.  Can't go wrong with them.  I've even fit some into my motor vehicles as both drivers and passengers.  The little people didn't need their feet and legs, anyway.  Also have some sitting around at various stations, waiting for their trains, which never seem to arrive.

Paul Fischer

The Golden Gate people do not sit upright enough & I also had to grind the backsides more flat. Kinda disappointed that they are not upright enough. Thought the Beep People were about the best although the Lionel people fit in very well.

My little people a Rail King dome car and a in a Rail King coach. After the novelty of the people wore off, I rarely take any notice of them. All are the Chinese cheapies. The folks in the dome are 1:100.

1:50 people waiting for the BMT train.

I use the Chinese figures if I can find them in the correct size.  When the passenger car is rolling by, the $5/ea figures are a waste of money, the 25 cent ones do the job fine.

I just finished my sixty-sixth Preiser #65602 24-Pack of Seated 1/45 People.  (66  X 24 = 1,584 seated people painted so far.)  Having recently retired, I have the time to paint these figures.

I like the 65602 figures because the people's poses allow for grouping them in the Lionel and Atlas O passenger cars in real conversations, not starring straight forward.  To lower the figures, I use a battery-charged Dremel Tool with sanding drum to grind-down one-half of the butts of the figures. The cleaned white plastic allows the glue to adhere better to the tan painted seats.

I spend the time and money because the passenger cars pass in front of my control table by the Double and Single 40" Pratt Bridges, and I can see clearly into each car.  I already spent money for the passenger cars, why would I want to slap Zombie Figures in the cars?

One 65602 Preiser Unpainted set for $37.00 makes five different Preiser factory painted sets that retail for close to $175.00 plus shipping, and these five sets are not available at this time and listed as discontinued.

We each have are own model railroad priorities.  I am modeling in "Detailed - 3-D", detailing with people and furniture inside my illuminated buildings and passenger cars. Looking at the surface of my layout, leads the viewer into the activity inside each building and car.

(Painting Order: 1. Skin,  2. Tie, shirt,  3. Dress or Suit,  4. Hair,  5. Shoes,  6. Re-touch errors)

pro hobby posted:

RailKing unpainted passenger set - very simple painting is only needed.

 

Here are a few RailKing figures from the set.  I intend to add only one or two colors for clothing. Since once they are installed in a passenger car not a lot of detail is necessary.

 

Very basic paint schemes shown. Figures are mounted on toothpicks for painting purposes. Some standing poses also shown.

 

 

 

Reminds me of Vlad the Impaler, of whom the legend of Count Dracula comes from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler

(might not be for those younger or more sensitive viewers).