Mister No's Pics & Vids

Oh, there are even more old friends (UK Tomy Motor Road & Rail and Tomica World Road & Rail System) in my "box from the past", Super...

For the latest video on Emily I thought I can replace her with her "Trackmaster" counterpart, since she is a tender driven engine (and I don't care much for tender driven engines), but my old UK Tomy Emily did a great job, even being a tender driven engine!

I bought new "Trackmaster" Emily (they are selling a whole range of cheap Trackmaster / Fisher-Price engines and sets in local grocery stores over here), and just look what they did to Emily!! Her distinguishing big wheel is fake! 



Her overall look is too caricatural and of course, she can't run on Tomy tracks (except on simple straight and curved tracks) without modifications, but my, it's shocking what they did to her appearance! 
 
What a difference:



Emily is based on the Great Northern Railway (GNR) No. 1 class Stirling Single, which is a class of steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. Designed by Patrick Stirling, they are characterised by a single pair of large (8' 1") driving wheels which led to the nickname "eight-footer". These big wheels are driving wheels, so Trackmaster, in my opinion, completely missed the point. 



I sincerely apologized to my old Tomy Road & Rail Emily for even thinking of replacing her!