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Ok, so where does one find these?
Dickie Toys, Germany. They distribute all over the world, large organization.
The Train/Railcar is called "City Train" the tram is called "City liner".
Here is a link to a video of the 1:1 "city train"
Here's a link on Amazon.
Dickie City Train
I don't know about $15 each but it does look like the articulated one comes in couple different colors. I see a few on amazon
jhz563 posted:I don't know about $15 each but it does look like the articulated one comes in couple different colors. I see a few on amazon
@ $43 and change.....but even that's pretty cheap.
I see those at train shows sometimes. There's also those "bump & turn" trains they have as well for $10-$20. Some of them are pretty close to O scale while the larger ones are closer to G scale.
There are a couple of City Trains on eBay right. One is $ 19.13 American plus $ 12 shipping from Germany.
Roo posted:19.95 Australian = US15.03 that's what you pay in Australia at a toy store. Roo.
Send us a couple then, would you?
I watched a couple YouTube videos on the city liner. The articulation does move a little but it snaps into position. For adaptation to toy train use the "snap" detents would need filed off so it moved smoothly. This toy doesn't appear to be readily available in the USA but is still inexpensive enough to have a sample shipped for the fun of it.
As a former Alstom employee it would be nice to have a very passable model of one of these units. I will probably order one just to check it out.
EZBustoys had three variants of this streetcar at one time. This particular one is still listed as being in stock:
---PCJ
Send us a couple then, would you?
Their checking the warehouse. Roo.
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