Vintage set of the week: Goods Wagon
Posted by Huwbot,
This week's vintage set is 124 Goods Wagon, released during 1969. It's one of 25 Trains sets produced that year. It contains 56 pieces.
It's owned by 353 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.
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He's 124? He doesn't look a day over 57!
Helium 124 sounds like an incredibly unstable isotope.
Probably taking some illegal substances to the mafia's hideout 341-1
Ah, Soviet luxury goods.
1969... A great time for building Lego trains with the likes of 123-1, 124-1 and 125-1, to the sounds of Sugar, Sugar!
@MCLegoboy said:
"He's 124? He doesn't look a day over 57!"
He’s a -very- good wagon
Wagons of money can be exchanged for wagons of goods and wagons of services!
Much nicer than the Bads Wagon.
What's the L and T stand for?
I'm guessing Laden Weight and Tare Weight - ie, maximum weight when full and weight when empty
@sjr60 said:
"1969... A great time for building Lego trains with the likes of 123-1 , 124-1 and 125-1 , to the sounds of Sugar, Sugar!"
I'd personally prefer The Beatles' Abbey Road album over the Archies, to be honest...
@Zordboy said:
"Much nicer than the Bads Wagon. "
Or the Uglies wagon. Although that one can be fun if you're familiar with the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
Blue 1x4 brick battle pack!
@Murdoch17 said:
" @sjr60 said:
"1969... A great time for building Lego trains with the likes of 123-1 , 124-1 and 125-1 , to the sounds of Sugar, Sugar!"
I'd personally prefer The Beatles' Abbey Road album over the Archies, to be honest... "
Me too... you just couldn't turn on the radio without hearing the bloody Archies towards the end of the year!
The old red grooved train wheels for the grooved blue tracks to increase grip and climb those faraway hills.
@SDlgo9 said:
"I'm guessing Laden Weight and Tare Weight - ie, maximum weight when full and weight when empty"
Most likely. It’s important to know the whole weight of the train when climbing grades, or the individual cars when crossing bridges, but the people shipping goods are more concerned with the total weight they can load onto the car.
Miss those style of doors. I mean; yes, they are too short more a minifig to move through/by without ducking, by they still had better 'look' to them...just me?:)
...huh. Was the roof piece for the seventies/eighties "battery box car" designed to specifically resemble this roof design?
This isn't goods wagon, it's GREATS wagon.