9v Lego Train (Old Set)

I'm not sure how these things work but surely you could fit a 9v battery into the train and do away with the pick ups on the rails completely, standard hobby grade radiocontrolled car things should be compatible, (if you have the space to hide it)

Hi Tramp, this is effectively what the newer R/C sets do, on those the tracks are 100% plastic without the metal overlay on the top of the rail. The system then uses a 9v battery box (6 x AAA's), a seperate I/R receiver module and a motor unit with a wired connection that goes to the I/R unit. You can also add things like lights as well, its all very modular and nice, the only downside is you have to figure the I/R receiver and battery box into the build which say in the case of this years christmas train is a bit difficult. However with the 9v system you can simply remove one of the non-powered bogies and plug a 9v one on, then so long as you got the powered rails/controller/PSU you're sorted

All-in-all the old 9v system allows you to motorise a static model easily, but without the advantage of remote control etc...

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This set is from 1991 and is called the "Load and Haul Railroad". Brickipedia and the Bricklink catalog seem to suggest that this was the first 9V train set released, with the introduction of 9V trains the same year. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the info, that saves me having to find the © notice on the box/manual which can sometimes be difficult to find

Regardless it is a nice set and a good concept given the age, but modelled very much like the 'hobby' trains that use metal rails with a controller/PSU rather than the new R/C version which I suppose is more comparable to the newer Digital hobby trains that allow you to control multiple loco's on the same piece of track independently of each other