What's the story on Eggliners?

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Les

Discussion Starter · Dec 24, 2008

Right after I got into this hobby about a year and a half ago--all primed to see & build realistic-looking stuff--I happened across chitchat re the Eggliner. I'd seen 'em on eBay and just passed on, figuring, "Huh, toy train. Never be seen in LS modelling." I was wrong on that one. Someone even built Eggliners from other pieces, so I assume they're long out of production. So, what were the Eggliners? A fad? Something neat 'n different for the jaded? Since things are a little slow, this won't take up space.

Les

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Semper Vaporo

· #21 · Dec 25, 2008

Posted By Spule 4 on 12/25/2008 2:12 PM
Posted By Semper Vaporo on 12/25/2008 11:00 AM
Take a look at the first photo in the post by Dennis Paulson on the 2nd page of this thread:

http://www.mylargescale.com/Community/Forums/tabid/56/forumid/8/postid/67213/view/topic/Default.aspx

Are those "European" style "EggLiners"?

Mixnitz locos on part of the StLB network in Austria. They have an actual prototype still working on a limited basis on the Steiermärkischen Landesbahnen :

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/at/private/StLB/narrow_gauge/electric/pix.html

Which, then, means the EggLiner is just an "Americanized" Mixnitz!

Has anybody put a pantograph on an EggLiner yet?

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Spule 4

· #22 · Dec 25, 2008

Let us hope not, would be the waste of a perfectly good pantograph!

nkelsey

· #23 · Dec 26, 2008

I converted one to battery and it was great for pulling my track cleaner when I had track power...

aceinspp

· #24 · Dec 26, 2008

Marty has the right Idea. Good for target pratice. Later RJD

Semper Vaporo

· #25 · Dec 26, 2008

Posted By aceinspp on 12/26/2008 7:44 AM
Marty has the right Idea. Good for target pratice. Later RJD

Then that is just another thing they are good for!

aceinspp

· #26 · Dec 26, 2008

Any thing can be used for something. Later RJD

Jerry Barnes

· #27 · Dec 26, 2008

You non-Eggliners are a cruel bunch!

pimanjc

· #28 · Dec 26, 2008

Real Eggliners:
The eggliner is powered by a battery in the first egg, activated by the pushbutton.

... and the Eggliner Double Helix....

JimC.

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Richard Weatherby

· #29 · Dec 27, 2008

Obviously, some people don't take these serious. Every time I pop a top this henhouse cackkles.

Henhouse

May be some day I will post a photo of a real one.

Ltotis

· #30 · Dec 27, 2008

Marty,
I carry a Glock to protect mine!

" src="http://www.mylargescale.com/DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/smile.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /> Wait until the ones with Speedos make their appearance.
LAO

Dave Meashey

· #31 · Dec 27, 2008

Cuteness aside, if I want something to run on a friend's layout but I don't want to lug a bunch of equipment with me, the Eggliner is the vehicle of choice. It is small, strong, and a definite crowd pleaser - and it bearly takes up any room in the automobile. If I can ever find a good figure of the Looney Toons Taz, I'd like to mount a trolley pole on my Eggliner and have the Taz figure swinging by one arm from the end of the trolley pole. That would surely put a grin on the faces of kids of all ages.

Have fun,
David Meashey

Spule 4

· #32 · Dec 27, 2008

Posted By Richard Weatherby on 12/26/2008 8:06 PM
Obviously, some people don't take these serious. Every time I pop a top this henhouse cackkles.

Henhouse

May be some day I will post a photo of a real one.

Is it just me, or is that the Cololnel on the rear (front?) of the eggliner?

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Richard Weatherby

· #33 · Dec 27, 2008

Oh yes, IT is the KFC RR. Klucker Fryer Crispy RR. I runs from the Deep Fryer Quarry to the Crispy. Crispy is operated by Mr. Potato Head. It is a long story and was the cover of AWNUTS magazine Vol 7 Number 4 page 9 through 12. The guy, you may see, in the switch tower is Mr. Fox - he watches the hen house.

altterrain

· #34 · Dec 27, 2008

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Posted By Semper Vaporo on 12/25/2008 2:24 PM
Has anybody put a pantograph on an EggLiner yet?

No, but how about air tanks and such

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-Brian

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aceinspp

· #35 · Dec 28, 2008

A rabbit train and a Turkey train them is good Hunting. 12 Gage works good

Later RJD

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Rayman4449

· #36 · Dec 29, 2008

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Posted By altterrain on 12/27/2008 6:44 PM
Posted By Semper Vaporo on 12/25/2008 2:24 PM
Has anybody put a pantograph on an EggLiner yet?

No, but how about air tanks and such

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-Brian

How fast will these things go when you light both model rocket motors up top?

Raymond

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astrayelmgod

· #37 · Dec 29, 2008

I guess my Scottish terrier would fit right in at Marty's; because she hates my Eggliner. She ignores anything else that i run, but if I put the Eggliner on, she will chase it around the layout, and knock it off the track. Then she struts off with ears and tail held high!!

Trains West

· #38 · Feb 14, 2009

it took me longer then I thought to find this picture as it was a lot older mag then my memory said ...... august 1966 trains

eggliner prototype ???

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Spule 4

· #39 · Feb 14, 2009

That's it, I gotta find another hobby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Semper Vaporo

· #40 · Feb 14, 2009

It is been said many times before..."There is a prototype for everything!"

Much as I think the eggliner is a mighty silly product, I wish I had track power so I could run a large fleet of them!!!!!

How much battery could be stuffed in one Eggliner?

I think it would be neat to have sensors on both ends that would govern the speed... including stop and/or reverse the motor if some object (another Eggliner!) got too close, so that I could just turn the fleet loose on the track... I have a short section of bi-directional single track between my loopbacks that would be fun to watch a fleet of them try to avoid each other in!

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