My Little Pony Express or kind of..

[ripley802]

So I received another package today. It was NOT a train which was disappointing but at the same time it was a welcomed package as it was a "pre-school" graduation gift. What was it you ask. Well what better gift than a whole case of the new wave 15 blind bag ponies.. Not sure if anyone collects or buys these but it can be a real pain if you are trying to find them all in stores, sort of like the mini's I would guess.

Well what do you do with a case of 24 ponies? Make a my little pony express. I wanted to test the new D51's to see how they would do.

Train 1 - D51-200, and pulling 9 cars
Train 2 - D51-498, and pulling 12 cars

What I found was that the 498 was a beast compared to the 200. Now it could have been the battery, age, or just being used, but the 200 seemed slower and was having trouble a bit.

Just for giggles I tried the 498 pulling all 21 cars (the 3 Disney cars had 2x ponies), and much to my surprise it WORkED. It was a little slow and had a few hiccups, but made a few loops around.

Here are some pics.