Nobody here has commented on this yet, so I'll start.
Hornby has announced a live steam train set in HO gauge (OO scale).
From what I've seen and read, there is an electric boiler in the tender and working valve gear on the loco. Also a working whistle.
The reports give a run time on one filling of 20 to 40 minutes.
The loco works on a 12V DC track voltage. There is some sort of command control to regulate speed and direction.
The first loco offered is Mallard (LNER class A4 -- world's fastest steam loco) and a few others will be offered including Dwight D. Eisenhauer.
The system is not compatible with anything else in the world -- neither DC nor DCC.
A set is reported to be 500 pounds (around $750 US or over $1000 Cdn.) It must contain Loco and controller, but track? cars?
So this is the first properly controllable live steam loco in HO gauge.
(For the LNER fans: it looks like a 2 cylinder version; no sign of conjugated valve gear for the 3rd cylinder.)
Hornby has announced a live steam train set in HO gauge (OO scale).
From what I've seen and read, there is an electric boiler in the tender and working valve gear on the loco. Also a working whistle.
The reports give a run time on one filling of 20 to 40 minutes.
The loco works on a 12V DC track voltage. There is some sort of command control to regulate speed and direction.
The first loco offered is Mallard (LNER class A4 -- world's fastest steam loco) and a few others will be offered including Dwight D. Eisenhauer.
The system is not compatible with anything else in the world -- neither DC nor DCC.
A set is reported to be 500 pounds (around $750 US or over $1000 Cdn.) It must contain Loco and controller, but track? cars?
So this is the first properly controllable live steam loco in HO gauge.
(For the LNER fans: it looks like a 2 cylinder version; no sign of conjugated valve gear for the 3rd cylinder.)