I remember seeing those in the early LGB catalogs. Knew they were definitely nowhere near my price range at that time, but drooled over them nontheless! LOL!
"HONGZ" stands for HO scale, N scale, G scale, and Z scale.
Post your non-O scale stuff here!
Tom weaver posted:LGB Aster D&RG K-28 beautiful smooth operating locomotive!!
I have the Accucraft version, of which I had DCC, sound and smoke added by Train LI USA
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LGB is awesome, but this Aristocraft caboose is pretty cool too. I just bought this as the caboose for my mogul.
I don't think it is prototypical for the engine, but it will be on a Christmas train anyway. It came lighted with LED lit lanterns, a detailed interior and an operating smoke stack for the stove. Awesome for the price! The lighting kits alone for my Christmas set cost almost as much.
George
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A distributor for Aristocraft in the 1980's out of Milwaukee once owned the rights to the Railway Express Agency name and logo and I believe he produced that caboose.
Tinplate Art posted:A distributor for Aristocraft in the 1980's out of Milwaukee once owned the rights to the Railway Express Agency name and logo and I believe he produced that caboose.
It is a limited edition and is so cool. It’s great that these G gauge trains are so affordable. I have seen HO gauge go for more than these.
George
GEORGE: I once briefly owned that same caboose, and it had incredible detail both inside and out! I had dabbled (experimented) with US G trains, but was always drawn back to the LGB European prototype models!
If a person wanted to have a American standard gauge G-gauge railroad LGB was, visually, the poorest choice. Their engines and cars were comically too large.
Better options were available in 1:29 by Aristo-Craft and USA Trains (which I like best considering the massive size of most all G-gauge track rail.)
MTH offered gauge matching scale with their 1:32 One-Scale trains.
TM Terry posted:If a person wanted to have a American standard gauge G-gauge railroad LGB was, visually, the poorest choice. Their engines and cars were comically too large.
Better options were available in 1:29 by Aristo-Craft and USA Trains (which I like best considering the massive size of most all G-gauge track.)
MTH offered gauge matching scale with their 1:32 One-Scale trains.
For the American moguls, LGB was modeling a different scale. LGB states that for American Narrow Gauge, their scale is 1:22.5.
I never owned any of the LGB standard gauge. I had an Aristo-Craft F type engine in Chicago Northwestern, but it was too small and not a good puller compared to LGB and USA Trains. I still have a USA Trains GP engine boxed up. Eventually, that will go on an overhead loop in my train room. I haven't been able to find a G scale overhead system anymore though.
George
