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MTH O gauge Coors Silver Bullet
Not my mug-o-brew and not the first “Silver Bullet”, either. Flyer fans will recall Gilbert’s No. 5306T 1953 passenger set, which was streamlined and also constructed of chrome-plated plastic.
This is pure enjoyment for a 60 plus year old 0-guage train collector. The only issue I have are the extremely poor instructions. It is difficult to identify the set screw from the foggy picture, and anyone not familiar with mechanics might remove one of the car content retaining screws. The second issue is filling the car smoke units. The instructions lead you to believe that the doors can be slide open. This is not so, and they can be damaged if forced. I contacted MTH tech support and was advised that you had to sequence the doors in the normal manor, then kill the power immediately upon their complete opening. You also need a pointy nose pliers to grasp the very tiny tab to pull out the beer load. Finally, in conventional mode, it takes several times in cycling the the train to get the doors to close, and the smoke and lights to go out. The lights in one or more cars will remain on behind the closed doors and the smoke slips out until everything is in sync again. MTH should at least put a bulletin on their Website and to the dealers on how to properly open the doors or they will be getting a lot of returns for repairs.
At the moment it is hard to find.
Im wondering if Lionel will make one in the future.
this is a great intertainment for guess who cant get in to standard toy trains.
Just got the train a week ago – who cares real or not - the train is fun and new - nothing else like it.
Awesome detail on the engine and cars love the videos
Comments on the Part 1 Video: The video was OK technically, but for anyone watching it, all of the excitement was lost because none of the sounds were heard in the video. None of the music that plays as the train is about to open the doors was heard, none of the superb commentary was heard, along with the unloading sounds. In the final sequences, the conductor/engineer announces “that’s all of it, lets go” (not a direct quote). The doors close; the engine start-up sounds are heard; the engine actually releases one big puff of smoke, then the smoke begins streaming softly and steadily; the commercial theme begins and the train starts up automatically…all synchronized to the sounds. The video is only a technical demonstration, and does not do justice to this fantastic achievement from MTH. Mike Wolfe has gone beyond in the creativity and forethought in producing this marvelous fun machine for all of us train collectors from 6 to 60+. It is a wonderful diversion from our toy and scale train operations, and visitors to the layout are mesmerized by it, requesting repeated operations. A secret…I run multiple cycles because it is fun, and the technology developed is beyond the cutting edge for current toy train production.
I havent ordered one yet but now that our $ is at par I’m looking forward to buying a set. I think this set is going to be a classic.