Trackmaster Push Along Kevin

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Nice, but those are all (except Harold, of course) railway engines. No new road vehicles... And that was my point. When I bought Kevin, I thought there were many other road vehicles in that "Push along" series by TrackMaster, but there aren't. Just Bertie, Harold, Kevin, Flynn, Jack & Esther...

A note on that rainbow Toby: their push along model of Toby is the exact opposite what Toby should be - a "tram engine". A tram engine is a steam locomotive specially built, or modified, to run on a street, or roadside, tramway track. On that Toby you can clearly see his wheels, and the reason why Toby was bought by Fat Controller in the Railway series is that he (Sir Topham Hatt) needed an engine with side plates (and cowcatchers!) to meet the requirements of a police officer who ordered that. So we shouldn't see so much of Toby's wheels, because on tram engines "the machinery must be concealed from view at all points above 10 centimeters (3.9 in) from rail level" (Wikipedia). So everything should be covered. That's why Toby, among other things, has straight side plates along whole of his body, and that push along model does not represent that.
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Messages In This Thread
Trackmaster Push Along Kevin - by Mister No - 01-21-2021, 06:13 PM
RE: Trackmaster Push Along Kevin - by Super - 01-21-2021, 07:30 PM
RE: Trackmaster Push Along Kevin - by Mister No - 01-21-2021, 10:14 PM
RE: Trackmaster Push Along Kevin - by rekp - 01-21-2021, 11:22 PM
RE: Trackmaster Push Along Kevin - by Mister No - 01-22-2021, 10:38 AM



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