Cool Little Diecast Train Sets...

Very cool. I would like to see how those side rods look in motion.

Unfortunately the side-rods are static decoration, if you notice there is a little white wheel/black tire at the back of the loco, these are the 'pull-back' mechanism, the other wheels being static decoration. But for the price they are pretty cool and I think the 'cars' would be compaible for use with the Thomas Mini's as they have similar hooks & holes