Parade of Aquarium Cars

@Vinny26 posted:

I do love those aquarium cars.  Anyone else?

They are awesome cars; I currently have two but hopefully that will change in the near future

I also see Carmine's "Walter" running with the new sound file

Bryce

My wife loving penguins as she does I only have the penguin aquarium car.

Love the video. I always wanted an aquarium car as a kid and still have never owned one. I’ll have to pick one up one of these days.

@Oscale_Trains_Lover_ posted:

They are awesome cars; I currently have two but hopefully that will change in the near future

I also see Carmine's "Walter" running with the new sound file

Bryce

Nice catch on Carmines new sound file.   Aquarium cars have always been my favorite ever since I saw the first one in the 1959 catalog

Love them, too, but my experience is mixed. Several of my cars often get stuck, putting stress on the gear shaft. Removing the shell and futzing with it helps....for a while.

They do require some adjustments at times.  Also,   the vibrator motor is very loud.   The can motor ones are much quieter.

Nice video. I do love them. Got my 3435 as a Christmas present from my aunt in 1959.

Peter

My daughter collects them too.  The clownfish car is her favorite because of Finding Nemo.

Aquarium cars are cool, but I haven't collected them. I only have two; the Alien Suspension Car and the Floating Dead Aliens Car.

Just have one myself, one of the Christmas parades (forget model #). Never had an issue. Granted, it only runs one month of the year!

I picked up one of the TMCC Aquarium cars a while back (the one with whales and dolphins; Lionel made one other, with sharks) but haven't set it up yet. Motorized, needless to say, and pretty cool because these also have sounds, and the speed of the belt can be adjusted, which is a nice feature. Also equipped with electrocouplers, I guess good if you're setting them out on a siding to let them continue to run while the train moves on. I plan to put the car, along with another motorized one, on a siding next to the Lionel aquarium, which has two operating fish "tanks." Lots of action.

Here is one of mine...from Phillips seafood in Baltimore Inner Harbor.

Best wishes

Don