I will non-officially review the RMT (Ready Made Toys) Geep/Beep
It is a fairly quiet runner. It is a funny looking Geep, riding on a single
4-wheel truck that resembles a standard GP truck that has been pulled by two SD90MAC’s going in opposite directions. The body is what you’d get if you put a semi-scale GP shell in a car crusher. It has knuckle couplers. This engine features directional lighting, but not the best. The front tends to catch on rough track, so this one needs either new track, or fine tuned track. Retailing for $50, this engine is 3-rail and is track-powered. The individuak links in the chain are a nice touch. This engine is good to add variety to a steam-powered 0 or 0-27 set.
I’ve got one of the first run Beeps, It’s a neat little engine. Runs well, pulls enough cars(about 6 or 7), I just wi***here was some sound. Got the Christmas Beep & caboose on order [:)]
I agree with the previous comments about the engine being a real looker. Pulling power is just fine, but I’ve experienced major problems with 0-27 lionel turnouts. When taking the curved path through these switches, the pickup roller under the trailing end (and I say “trailing” because it doesn’t matter which end of the engine goes first…it still happens) slides off the center rail and down between the center rail and the moving switch points…SHORT CIRCUIT. It happens every time. I have contacted the manufacturer to explain this, and they seem to deny the problem. It’s very obviously a design flaw and I don’t think there is any easy way for them to fix it. I have an idea to try, but I don’t know that I want to attempt it. I hate the thoughts of it, but I might take it to the Fall Allentown, PA meet (I bought it there in the spring) and make RMT/OGRR take it back.
The first run Beeps experienced this problem when pulling a train. I understood the later Beeps to have a longer slot cut for their couplers to move around the curve that eliminated this .
low current draw- i ran it on some dirty 0-27 track WHILE my #1666 prarie steams on fastrack. I was running them both off of my old 60 watt transformer, and they ran reliably at half throttle! The engine handles less power well. It’s like that engine has odyssey system or somthing!
I don’t know if lionel still makes them but they used to have railsound cars that would either have steam or diesel in them. You would get loco sound and whistle and bell.
This would be ideal for the beep. Dave.
yeah, lionel still has the boxcar with sound
nice review
it would be kinda fun kitbashing project to extend the length of one of these into an adult beep
Where did you find the Christmas themed Beep & caboose - I’m interested in getting that.
DJ, I got a flyer in the mail from RMT-as i has been a previous customer- It had the Christmas BEEP & caboose in it.
As far as I know, the website has NOT been updated to include them. The order #'s are:RMT-4501 or RMT4502 [ road #'s 1224;1225] for the engines. The cabooses are: RMT-CAB501[road # 1225] . You can call toll free to order, at 1-800-477-6994. I ordered thru the mail, I hope they recieved my order[:)]
By the way, the Christmas BEEP road name is “North Pole & Snowflake”[:)][:)]
Hmmmm…I’m real tempted to get this - does anyone have a picture of the caboose? None of the caboose entries on the RMT site have any pictures.
I just ordered the Christmas Beep today by the 800# and the order taker was very nice, great Southern Drawl! She said they would be in by the 1st or 2nd week in Dec. I think I must be losing it, I ordered one of Walts’ trolley’s last week and now the beep and all I run is MTH PS2 with the DCS. Oh well, for $50.00 how can you go wrong!
Jon
Well, I just placed my order for the Christmas Beep (Rudolph) and for the Caboose. The also told me that it would be coming in in the first or second week of December.
They’re now showing pictures of the Christmas Beep on the RMT site:
And here’s the link:
I don’t know what all the excitement about Beeps is about. To me, the nicest thing about postwar and later trains is that they resemble their prototypes fairly closely. Even Lionel’s #44/45 Mobile Missle Launchers were modeled after armored locomotives used in the Korean War. The only major departure was the launcher itself. Besides, the “Beep” mechanism wheelbase is too long for an industrial switcher. I think I’ll pass
I have my first BEEP on order, an Ohio Central. Since my giraffe car and the sheriff and outlaw car are prototypically correct [:D] , I don’t think anyone will notice that the Beep is slightly out of scale, but then again I did catch one 10 year old smart aleck kid last year at our annual neighborhood Christmas Party counting the rivets in the rear door of the Chessie Caboose. [:0] I was so ashamed that there were two extra rivets and the keyhole was not prototypically correct. I’m not sure I can stand the scrutiny.[:(]
Ohio Central. Hmmm, Rich Melvin of OGR runs for the REAL OC, Have to admit, Beats O gauge.
Well, my Christmas Beep was sitting on my doorstep last night. Took me all of 10 minutes to get around to opening it and running it. I like it, especially at the price. It’s…cute!
Mine was delivered yesterday too-- [:)][:)] runs great! had it on my test loop pulling my K-line Coca-Cola musical Christmas car[:)][:)] Ran it for about an hour non stop.
Yeah, I ran mine for a while also - had it hooked up to the Naughty/Nice pair of hoppers Lionel put out last year and to the Christmas caboose they put out this year. RMT still hasn’t shipped the matchig Christmas caboose - I hope they do that soon.