The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-03

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{ inches in length. Nowadays in all TIL
more costly toy locomotive outfits, o
whatever kind, some sort of track sys
| tenn more or less elaborate as to eX
tent, is likely to be used, but this is no
always the case Some of these steam
toy locomotives, for instance, are pro
vided with tracks to run upon, ant
some are not There Is no track solo
with the steam locomotives that sells
| at sixteen and half dollars This en-
CINE might be run on floor or other
level surface, but more probably the
boy interested enough in locomotives tc
buy such an engine as this, would cut
sleepers himself and lay down track
suitable for the engine to run on
There is a steam locomotive made to
sell with one car for six dollars, that
runs on a circular track of it's own
Then there is a steam locomotive and
tender sold for seven and a half dollars
that is made to fit track of two inch
guage, such as is commonly sold now
with mechanical and electrical locomo-
tives. On this there can be hooked to
it great variety of rolling stock that
is made to run on track of that guage.
There is made to sell at five dollars a
steam locomotive, with tender that
will run on track of one and three
fourth inch guage, which also is extern
sively used with mechanical engines.
Steam toy locomotives of such more
costly kinds as these are of compare
lively recent Introduction. There are
sold in toy locomotives more of the me-
chanical kind actuated by clockwork.
These can be readily and easily opera
ted and controlled by boys OF any age
/ Nowadays, however, some older boys
buy a steam toy locomotive, or perhaps,
add steamer to their stock of mechan-
zeal locomotives.
The mechanical locomotives of the
more expensive kinds can be reversed,
by means of lever in the cab, so that
+ they will run backward as well as for
ward, and they have brake which can
be made to set at any desired point on
the track A mechanical locomotive Of
this sort measuring with it's tender
about eighteen inches in length, and
running on a track of two-inch guage
sells, with two passenger cars and
twenty-five feet of track with switches,
for twenty-five dollars. The next size
sfaller engine Of this kind, running on
one and three-quarter inch track sells
with the same number of cars and the
same track equipment, for forty-eight
dollars; and the smallest of this sort of
engine, running on track of one and
quarter inch guage sells, with two cars
and twelve feet of track, for eight dol
lars and seventy-f1ve cents. The me-
chanical locomotives and cars here re-
ferred to are Of American design Sep
arate engines of the same design, but Of
heavier construction and with stronger
works, can be bought in the three sizes,
for locomotives and tender only, for
$40, $3.50 and $4.75, respectively. There
are plenty of boys In these days that
own more than one locomotive. One
boy that was heard of has got a dozen,
and he owns a hundred cars of one sort
and another. He has an expensive
railroad system laid down in his house,
with many feet of trackage and in
Guiding thirteen switches.
Nowadays in fact there may be
bought not only toy locomotives and
cars of the kind in use, and railroad
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ton. The track In all the several
gauges may be bought in full lengths
half lengths, and quarter lengths, and
in curvng sections. There are supplied |
a number of kinds of crosspieces and |
half q dozen kinds Of switches. There's |
a roundhouse and a turntable. There |
are various kinds of stations, both pas i
senger and freight. There are car /
scales and car sheds and signal sta
tons and gates for crossings and vari !
Gus kinds of track signals, and there |
are bridges and tunnels. and SO on; in |
fact, the railroad complete.
AS far as the track is concerned that
is of course susceptible of almost end
less variatio the direction of the
track can be changed at will; new sid
ings put in; new switches introduced;
new mileage added and so on; and,
with the aid of cross pieces and switch
es. the track can be put down in a very
great variety on figures AS he adds to
his system, the young railroader eStab-
fishes new stations, and so on He
starts, perhaps, with an engine and the
two passenger cars and the compare
lively short track system; he puts ON
later freight train, hauled by another
engine, and gradually he adds gravel
cars, and oil cars, and various other
sorts of freight cars, and he gets a tool
car a crane on a platform car, gets a
snow plough for winter; and maybe
puts in on the line block signals, II is
not customary for the boy going in for
this sort of railroading to buy the
whole outfit at once; he is much more
likely to buy a limited part of 1t at the
it keeps up his interest to add
something from time to time to his sell
on stock, or to his track or other equip
nent; and often relatives and friends
make gifts of these parts, taking care
# course to give things that the boy
las not already got. These various
,arts may be bought at any time sim
lie or in any number. A turntable for
Instance costs, for one and quarter
nch gauge track. $150; for two-inch
rack, 81. Telegraph poles cost twenty
i've cents each, bridges cost from one
Iollar each up, according to kind and
and car scales cost $1.75,
unnels from $1.50 to $4,25, switches
rom $t50 to 1925 and so on. A COM
,lete outfit for the No. 2, or medium |
ize, with the American style locomo- ,
i've and two cars as the beginning, ,
would cost about $40; for the No /, or
argest size, about 500.
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