BIG BIG TRAIN - TRI-ANG

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Thought I would start a Big Big Train Topic.

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This is what I wrote on the Lego Forum topic:

Oh yes - I had the old style lego train that had white sleepers and blue rails - it was fantastic. Had two locos, one was made from a lego motor and the other was a black steam loco and tender set that stopped and started in response to a black lego whistle - it was brilliant and must have annoyed everyone else in the family. The sleepers and rails were brilliant for making large structures like bridges, jodrell bank telescopes and loads of other things. Sold it all and wish I hadn't.

But I do still have my Big Big Train set (made by Tri-ang and then Novo and others) - A "Blue-Flyer" Hymec in O guage and a Ruston 0-4-0 diesel shunter all operating on red plasic clip together track. I have over the past 3 or 4 years been buying more of it over the internet to get more track and spares to keep the locos going. I run it in the garden and it goes great.

http://www.bigbigtrain.org.uk/

The above website could be better but gives you some idea of what it is all about.

Perhaps we need a Big Big Train section on the forum.

[traingeekboy]

I have a small collection of American O and S scale trains. I will have to get some photos at some point.