that aint good, train has left them behind

bother

and they say coach, but I'd say it looks more like a caboose

@Worrissey said:
"that aint good, train has left them behind

bother

and they say coach, but I'd say it looks more like a caboose"

The included instructions are given for three models. The coach, the caboose and another car not shown in the featured picture. So, yes a coach.

@MCLegoboy said:
"He's coaching her on how to properly board and exit a train."

See, it’s things like this that are the reason I prefer to fly. You shouldn’t need coaching on how to get in and out of a stationary object. Also, there’s the fact that the one time I compared prices, turning an afternoon flight into a 24-hour endurance would have saved me _one_dollar_.

And she’s going to faceplant if she’s lucky. Otherwise, it’s a broken neck. Dude’s guffing the whole coaching thing. He probably doesn’t even work for the railroad, and is just using this as an excuse to flirt with her.

@huw the fire helicopter is still a brick.

We call it a sofa.

What the heck is this modelled on? You’re all saying caboose, did US trains actually look like this in the 70s? Had no one invented station platforms yet

@stefwaffles said:
"What the heck is this modelled on? You’re all saying caboose, did US trains actually look like this in the 70s? Had no one invented station platforms yet"

Pretty much looked like this more or less. But they've since done away with them in favor of the F.R.E.D. Flashing Rear End Device. You still see them once in a while though.

This is a beauty, and a minifig-era 4.5V/12V rolling stock I've never seen before! I really didn't think there were any more. Happy days!

Why did the guy bring that lady into the caboose....what were they doing there? Very sus.....

This was one of the best sets from the "Blue Track" era. Instructions were included to build three very good models.

This looks incredible! Those printed windows do a lot to make it looke more proper than most that came after!

Watch that first step when you get off the train - it's a doozy!

@WizardOfOss said:
"Why did the guy bring that lady into the caboose....what were they doing there? Very sus....."

If one of the builds is a freight car, it could be a Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me set.

@Murdoch17 said:
"Watch that first step when you get off the train - it's a doozy!"

One might even say a lulu.

@stefwaffles said:
"What the heck is this modelled on? You’re all saying caboose, did US trains actually look like this in the 70s? Had no one invented station platforms yet"

A caboose is something that’s most commonly associated with the old west steam trains, in the US. The famous Transcontinental Railroad (aka the Pacific Railroad) spanned over 1900 miles (over 3100km), or about 55-60% of the width of the contiguous US, most of which was undeveloped wilderness. Towns along the line usually started out as worker camps during the construction of the railroad, which probably wouldn’t have been built right up to the tracks, plus all the land straddling the tracks belonged to the railroad companies, who sold most of it to recoup construction costs (vs being able to settle land 10 miles from the tracks for free). So small local stations did frequently (and in many cases still do) consist of nothing more than a building near the track with no platform for boarding. Additionally, you could order kits to build an entire house through Sears, and the train would simply offload all the crates right along the tracks at the most convenient location. It’s really only when you get into urbanized areas that station/terminal platforms become the norm. My parents lived in a little podunk town in upstate New York for a few years, and the one time I went out to their place, I did a one-way ride on the train and it was a dirtside stop with basically just a waiting room with a ticket counter for the station. But if you stayed on until the end of the line, it would take you right into Grand Central Terminal, which is probably the most grandiose train station in the country, as well as being tied directly into the NYC subway system.

@PurpleDave said:
" @stefwaffles said:
"What the heck is this modelled on? You’re all saying caboose, did US trains actually look like this in the 70s? Had no one invented station platforms yet"

A caboose is something that’s most commonly associated with the old west steam trains, in the US. The famous Transcontinental Railroad (aka the Pacific Railroad) spanned over 1900 miles (over 3100km), or about 55-60% of the width of the contiguous US, most of which was undeveloped wilderness. Towns along the line usually started out as worker camps during the construction of the railroad, which probably wouldn’t have been built right up to the tracks, plus all the land straddling the tracks belonged to the railroad companies, who sold most of it to recoup construction costs (vs being able to settle land 10 miles from the tracks for free). So small local stations did frequently (and in many cases still do) consist of nothing more than a building near the track with no platform for boarding. Additionally, you could order kits to build an entire house through Sears, and the train would simply offload all the crates right along the tracks at the most convenient location. It’s really only when you get into urbanized areas that station/terminal platforms become the norm. My parents lived in a little podunk town in upstate New York for a few years, and the one time I went out to their place, I did a one-way ride on the train and it was a dirtside stop with basically just a waiting room with a ticket counter for the station. But if you stayed on until the end of the line, it would take you right into Grand Central Terminal, which is probably the most grandiose train station in the country, as well as being tied directly into the NYC subway system."

The building my business was in was an old coal depot that they would drop coal into and horse and buggy wagons would take the coal into downtown Denver to keep the houses warm in the winter. One day we came into work to find a caboose just like this build had derailed from a train and by some heavenly miracle had settled right next to but not touching the building. I had a picture of it somewhere but it's since been lost.