It's certainly very nice that Mattel is starting to look at this as an issue, but another lies within their pulling strength.
Using the old TrackMaster rolling stock, my new and improved Gator struggled heavily with 5 empty flatbeds and a brakevan; with 8 of his 16-ton open wagons, with crate payload, and an old TrackMaster brakevan, he struggled to maintain any kind of speed.
Using the old TrackMaster rolling stock, my new and improved Gator struggled heavily with 5 empty flatbeds and a brakevan; with 8 of his 16-ton open wagons, with crate payload, and an old TrackMaster brakevan, he struggled to maintain any kind of speed.
Residential train-afficionado in training, and Thomas & Friends fan.