You’re thinking of the Dinkyville trolley, which has a different mechanism. The General Models “hand car” and trolley utilize a completely different mechanism- it is much simpler, but requires a push to start and heats up quite rapidly. That said, it was no doubt very cheap to produce, and quite compact.
-El
Yes, my Dinkyville had the later motor which was not push to start
Oh yeah, I’d LOVE to have one of those! I saw a Rich-Art version at a local show, early 2000s maybe, but it had a heart-attack worthy price tag on it! Haven’t seen one since.
Speaking of which, how about a ride on the Toonerville Trolley?
They are as far as I’m concerned. And those are some nice work too! Well done!
Absolutely! 
Good work @Murdoch17
If it’s got something to do with trains, we love it!
Thanks everybody for liking / comments on my streetcars LEGO models! I was worried it wouldn’t be allowed, but I am very happy to have been proven wrong!
No cause for concern. LEGO is making serious inroads into the toy train hobby. In fact, here’s a short video of a LEGO layout at a Greenberg Train Show.
The toy train/model railroading hobby is a BIG tent with lots of room!
In addition to O, my older son is an L Gauge guy. His rolling stock and motive power cost more than mine, and he has to build his (which is part of the fun, of course).
That’s part of why I’ve never had many L gauge trains… prohibitively expensive for me. There’s a lot of people doing wonderful things with Lego as a modeling medium, but it’s definitely not inexpensive to do (though I suppose the exact cost depends on what you’re going for).
-El
Now you can call me crazy if you like, but the LEGO layouts I see at train shows remind me of a French Impressionist painting. Reason being when you’re up close you can see all the individual components (think brush strokes) but as you move away all the component “brush strokes” blend together to make the complete image. And some of those images are quite remarkable!
Very Surat? I’m more of a Monet fan but I love Lego 
I had a simple LEGO train set from the 1980’s that ran on 3 “C” batteries. I don’t think I have any photos of it but I modified it and spray painted some of the bricks (cab and saddle tanks) forest green to look more like an LGB Stainz loco. I also gave it a short tender. In later years I bought buckets of Mega Blocks and built a small town based on Lionel prewar accessory designs including a Hellgate bridge.
Apologies for the following off-topic post!
RE the Hellgate Bridge: Nice @pennytrains ! Do you have photos?
I’ve built the a big bridge (the Eads - the oldest bridge over the Mississippi River still standing) out of LEGO, myself.I started it in 2016 and finished in 2019. Please excuse he following photo - it was WAY too big for my usual photo spot when I took it in 2019!
