Just went to the hobby shop and bought a beep.It runs great.Give me your thoghts.
what the heck is a beep?
It’s a really shorty Geep. Totally un-prototypical, but they are, dare I say, cute.
I’ve thus far resisted buying a Reading one, plus 3-4 hoppers and a caboose, and a loop of track. I don;t need more scales and gauges, HO is plenty.
Don’t say that too load! That’s a fairly accurate description of some of the early GE switch engines.
Have fun
Are we talking critter size or somewhere between critter and geep. Do you happen to have a link?
Tom
The Coyote’s been after the beep beep (Road Runner) since I was a kid, but still hasn’t caught him yet… Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Always glad to hear a fellow railroad’s found something he’s pleased with.
trainluver1
BEEPs come in an almost infinite variety. Any real railroad you can think of, plus crazy stufflike halloween and christmas.
http://store.yahoo.com/readymadetoys/o-gauge-diesel.html
It’s like a cross between a Critter and a GP-7. Incredibly, they have DUAL MOTORS!
–Randy
Thanks, Randy
Tom
Looks like it is the Docksider for diesels.
Enjoy
Paul
/me curls in the corner sucking thumb
I want my beanie baby back,…
You know, would it kill anyone to split the forums up by scale? The Beeps are cute, but the HO and N guys have to be going “huh?”
Randy, Say it ain’t so! You used the “C” word. 40 lashes with a piece of wet flex track.
Hope that’s not some of that old fiber-tie flextrack… [:0][:0][:0]
Here is another Beep, a Santa Fe Beep.
http://atsf.railfan.net/beep/
they look like they just had an appointment with a gaint trash compactor…chuck
Oooooh, they´re cute.
Hang on, I tawt I taw a puddy tat! [}:)][:D]
Now that I’ve seen the picture, I do in fact remember this type engine, though I haven’t seen one since I was a kid. We use to refer to them as “brick” engines because they looked like a brick… Thanks for the memories.
trainluver1
Somone may have made such a thing years ago, but the Beeps are brand new. The company that makes them is local to me, and sometimes sets up at local train shows with a loop of track and one running around. Dual can motors and an electronic E-unit. They have a good supply at my LHS too.
–Randy
Not ENTIRELY true, there was one episode where Wiley caught the Roadrunner. Only problem was that he was about 1" tall at the time. [:D][:D]
Beep, beep, indeed. Speaking of cartoons, it looks like a Geep that got hit with a 14t safe.
Matthew