Train cars 10022 and 10025
I have another post where I describe my fumbles of sets that I could have had, but either had second thoughts or no money to be spending on frivolous tungsten! The major ones that got away are the lego train cars. When the Santa fe engine and then cars were released in the 2002ish era, I had just started collecting legos as an adult so the cost was appearing too high. I didn't quite have the $$ at the time, not that I really ever did...
I love the color and style of the train cars from times past. I like the shiny finish, the look of multiple cars together, and I always wanted to ride in the observation cars!! I remember as a kid going to sears and looking at the leegos and then the electric trains. The silver cars were neat because they were bigger and the length was double the regular HO scale cars, but unfortunately the price was double and the track layout we had needed longer curves for the cars to run on...
I found a poster of train cars that were in existence at one time that shows the realism and details in the lego sets
But I think the fascination with the cars was the little silhouettes of people riding in the cars...what was going on through the window
Even the Hallmark car has the people
This car is a great example ..what are those people talking above???
Here are the train cars from lego
Lego has even recreated the people but these are minifigs where kids can create their own stories for the people in the window, the people we can actually see.
I kick myself everyday for not buying those silver cars!!!
(Not the metroliner except for the club car)
Here are some other types of models of the lego train cars I've stumbled upon (Lionel)
The realism lego bought to these cars is unreal and even rival, if not beat Lionel trains
