Is This $37 John Deere Toy Train Set Any Good?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
- I found a Lionel "Ready To Play" train set on Amazon.com for only $37 and couldn't resist buying it... just to see if it was worth the price or not.
When I opened the box and set it up, there were two major surprises:
Even though it was made by Lionel, it was neither O gauge or HO... the two most common model train sizes made by Lionel.
And...
It was actually a fun toy, not a piece of junk... totally worth the $37. If you have a 3-6 year old in your family who likes trains or John Deere tractors, this is a product you should probably buy!
You can order one from Amazon at amzn.to/3o6NjDB
Sure, this is nowhere near the quality you would get in a HO or O scale model train set... but one of those could easily cost you hundreds of dollars. This little model train set is a real bargain for the price!
Speaking of HO model trains...
If you'd like to see some videos of an extensive HO layout with realistic scenery and buildings... check out the TH-cam channel of my old friend from my college days, Paul Patterson. His channel is at / @paulpatterson9559 - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
If this set was available 10-12 years ago, I would've asked to get it. As a kid, I liked the John Deere model trains that TM Books and Video featured in their videos about John Deere machinery.
I bought the Christmas Train version of this for my 2 year old and it's fantastic for what we paid and what we use it for.
We run it every 2-3 Sundays for part of the day and it's quick and easy to set up and tear down so it's no big deal to run it for half a day whenever you feel like it.
Great video.
Your voice would be terrific for announcing a baseball game.
@Csx666 I strongly agree.
Yeah, this looks its like S Gauge sized, but the track looks like it's O Gauge sized.
Idk what s scale is, but it’s the same scale as the Lionel “g scale” polar express
@@owendinostudios1200 No, definitely not. This is quite a bit smaller than the Lionel Polar Express. If you happen to own the Lionel Polar Express, go ahead and put a ruler behind the locomotive like I did to the one in the video. The one in the video was about 2.5 inches tall. The Lionel Polar Express is quite a bit taller and larger.
@@JimZim oh, I didn’t notice that! Thanks for pointing that out!
S scale is 1/64 scale, same as what the ertl farm toys were. Basically right between ho and o scale.
This guys is precious. Protect him at all causes.
I will.
I believe that little train is s gauge because s gauge is in-between o scale and HO scale
Thanks jim! Definetly gonna buycit for my lil brother who loves tractors and trains thanks!
This looks like S Gauge, similar to American Flyer trains. That's somewhere between HO and O scale.
Good looking train
The train might be a 3/16 of an inch = 1 foot scale (S scale) that runs on an O gauge track. American Flyer made such trains right before World War II & Marx made some trains like that in the 1950s. Jim could take his ruler & measure the gauge of his track to see if it is 7/8 of an inch wide (S gauge) or 1 & 1/4 inch wide (O gauge). A John Deere dealer (or enthusiast) could make a Christmas tree layout using this train with Ertl 1/64 scale models of farm equipment & farm buildings. Many Matchbox & Hot Wheels cars are close to 1/64 scale & old Bachmann " Plasticville " buildings could be found at train shows. One thing nice nowadays is that rechargeable batteries are readily available!
I'm 13 and I would still play with this 😂
At 14 ur never too old for trains
When I get to my new house I’m going to have a BIG!!! Train set of g scale trains
Showtime ....love it !
when i first started my model rr life , i bought a set from a local train shop called flischmann. had a basic oval and a locomotive with 3 cars . fast foreward . rite aid had a set for $29.00 for christmas . it came with a loco and 2 passenger cars and a basic oval. get this . it also came with 2 track switches and i could make any combination of this set . ran it on the floor with free range trains . made a dog bone layout with a passing siding. this looks like fun. was hopeing for some john deere equipment as well. those can be value added later . on the after mentioned set , even my marx windup ran on the track. have fun . its nice to see a decent train set at reasonable prices again.
Hi Jim - not sure if you've considered, but you should think about doing amazon affiliate links with reviews. You can earn some money and make it easier for us by linking the product you're reviewing in the description!
I'm way ahead of you. If you look in the description of the video, there's a link to the product at Amazon. TH-cam rules do not allow me to put a link in the video itself, only in the description, or in the comments.
I LOVE TRACTORS! THIS IS SO COOL!
Its a good choice.
so cool i am going to get it for my birthday this year :)
cool!
Wow! That is a sharknosed engine I have!
really funny train but cool
1:20 is funny lol
And I am Japanese subscriber.
loco looks a hell lot like a Fairbanks Morse C-Liner!
No it’s a actually a Fairbanks Morse Erie built locomotive because I have a Ho scale kcs one that is very similar to this model
What about S Scale it looks alot like s scale
I've bought an American Bachmann HO scale Train Set, The Chatanooge, and an American Railroad Sound CD from ebay. The train set consists of a steam engine, 3 Box/Freight Cars and a Caboose. Earlier than that, I received a Kadee coupling, which is now fitted to Foreign Tank Engine Molly, and her two new Disneyland carriages have arrived. The train set cost under $100 in American Currency and just over £100 in British Currency. I've heard that Amazon is good to buy from, but I prefer ebay, because you always get everything in the box to make a complete train set. Buy from ebay, you get better quality deals.
S scale for sure, good video
that looks cool
You are right, nice train for a little child but not an adult. The sound would get to me after a while. I think kids would like it. It looks like fairly sturdy plastic. Decent buy.
1:21 Jim. You Savage! 2:32
Bad husband!
@@JimZim no seriously though, it's so savage! I laughed
Really enjoy your train videos, but l can't wait for cruising to start again!
Sounds like a podcast
I have a polar express version of this and it can run on o gauge track
Same!!
Yeah me too
I Just ordered it now
I hope they do more like make crossings and switch i saw a polar express from this same line i think it is s gauge but i think there over priced if you ask me
I got a lionel ho Nkp fast freight set
I have this exact set but it’s a Santa Fe train
Great video Jim! Very interesting train set, very unusual that this particular set doesn't come with a remote though! One of my personal favorite John Deer sets is the one Athearn made several years ago, never owned one myself, but I've seen them pop up from time to time, take care!
I think they made the decision to skip the remote to get the price down as low as possible. I think it was actually a smart move!
@@JimZim Hey jim, this reply is late but if you are able to get a Walmart Adventure Railway Train set that would be a fun watch, mostly because this train set's track looks very similar to the Adventure Railway's
It’s really nice
Evolution is strong
Hi Jim! How are you?
that,s cool for your sister and her husband that they have a farm and have john deere tractors and I love john deere machines next to caterpillar machines
I didn't know that john deere makes locomotives
It is a toy made my Lionel but it has john deer plastered all over it, so john deer does not make locos
3:09 that train isn't HO scale, I have an "adventure force" train set, and it is not, i repeat, IS NOT, HO scale, HO scale is 1:87 scale and said AF train was a lot bigger than HO, and based off of the track, i think this is the same size as that AF train set, and same goes for the Northern Star set, and apparently, the Adventure force train has the same couplers as the other two. I was suprised when I found out about this John Deere train set from this vid, and I think it might be the perfect match for it, and i hope to get it and the Northern Star soon, thanks for making this and informing me about it.
Now i want this some day
Nice f unit
My cousins have a Farm to
The locomotive reminds me of a C Liner diesel
Lionel finally makes a model of an FM Erie Built, and it's in an odd scale.
Drats!
This train is so cool I love it
Looks like S gauge,but the track appears to be O between the rails.
I have a Polar Express version that's also made by Lionel. And I found it at a TJ Maxx.
Walmart has a set that seems to use the same track.
Looks good for a train under $40
Nice
That’s American flyer s scale size
yea that looks like s i model in s and it looks just like that
I own an older version of that 2-6-0 in D&RG. could never get it to run on the 5ft minimum that Bachmann says it will take. Wondering how the new ones perform.
you should buy a lionel lioncheif train or legacy
Wow that's a very cool thing I really wish I had one of those trains at my house plus I have my Christmas train in my room
Jim zim is such a great guy!
s scale??
I’ve seen S scale models on HO scale track before but this different.
Cute
Run a snow plow outside!!
It’s a pretty good looking engine and cars
Nice track
Lionel o guage trains can fit on the tracks i have a lionel pere marquette berkshire and i had a train like that and my pere marquette fits on the tracks
That's skill They call it small-scale with It's pretty close to O scale But it does also run on O Scale track.
I have a similar train set like this and I run mine on the old lionel O gauge tubular tracks. It works great if you have the old traditional tubular tracks. How ever unfortunately they don't make tubular tracks anymore. and a lot of old lionel rolling stocks have thicker flanges and it will not work well with the newer fast tracks due to thinner rails
If you have a Menards store in your area, they may have O gauge tubular track in their Christmas Toyland. Otherwise, you could check out model train shows or hobby shops that have used equipment.
hello Jim Zim love your content keep up the great work
Hi Jim love your videos x
Yay
Thanks stay safe
I love it but I really like the Lionel ready to play John deer train set
As an European, i have few questions about caboose.
1.What is it
2.What is its purpose
3.Why i have never encountered any of them in my country (Poland)
A caboose is a rail car for the train crew at the very end of the train. Inside are a few seats where crew members can sit, as well as storage for a few tools, and usually a stove in case the weather is cold and the caboose needs to be heated.
It is designed in such a way that there is usually a place up high where a crew member can sit and have a view of the top of the train. Also, there are usually places on either side of the caboose that have an angled view forward so that they can see what's ahead and alongside the train.
The real purpose of the caboose has to do with the switches along the track. In the old days, switches were not automated. If a train came up to a switch in the tracks and needed to switch the switch in the other direction before proceeding, such as to go off on to a siding, the train would stop just short of the switch and a crew member would climb down from the locomotive (at the front of the train) and switch the switch. Then the train would proceed. The guy who got out and switched the switch would either climb back in the locomotive, or stay with the switch until the train passed.
If he got back in to the locomotive, someone from the caboose would wait until the caboose reached the switch, and then he would get out, switch the switch back to the other orientation, and then climb back up in to the caboose.
If the crew member from the locomotive just stayed with the switch the entire time as the train made its way past the switch, he would put the switch back to its normal orientation after the train passed by, and then he would climb up in to the caboose before the train departed.
A caboose, to my knowledge, was a car located on the back of long-distance freight trains where the brakeman and extraneous crew would travel. It generally had a berth for sleeping, hence the bulge at the top of the car, a stove and a bench. If memory serves, it's also where the brakes that would generally be on a brake van in the uk are located. They've pretty much fallen out of use at this point, possibly due to larger diesel engines having existing sleeping quarters? I'm really not sure if the larger haulers have any extra space, but that's what I would assume.
A caboose is a car for train crew to ride (typically a rear brakeman) in & an office for the freight train conductor. It was typically at the end of the train; sometimes a second caboose was placed behind the locomotive for the front -end brakeman (There was a train like that in the 1950s movie " Carmen Jones " staring Harry Belafonte & Dorothy Dandridge). The British railroads had a similar car on their " goods " trains known as a " brake van ". I have seen some European county's railways had box cars with an elevated shed on one end that would serve that function - I think the Czeck company ETS offered O scale models of those boxcars. Originally, a caboose was basically a box car with windows & doors. A freight train conductor on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Tom Watson, had an accident which caused a big hole in the roof of his caboose. He climbed up through the hole to inspect the roof while the train was running its route & noted how well he could view the train in operation. He talked to the car shop foreman about his idea & they came up with the idea of the caboose cupola. In the mid 1900s when American railroads started using taller freight cars - like the " Hi - Cube Boxcar ", those cars blocked the view from the cupola & some railroads started used bay windows on the side of the caboose, instead of a cupola on top.
When will you do a video on the new train you bought for Christmas? I know you did a test run but I think a lot of people would like to see it.
It will definitely happen, but it's s few weeks away, most likely. I've got a few other things that you'll see first, in the next couple of weeks.
Let me guess that ho scale caboose is tyco
It can't be N scale, it's WAAAAY too big! Maybe, it's HO.5?
I think it's S scale but it may be slightly smaller or larger
I have only ho scale track. What loco should i buy? And what cars?
It could be s scale?
i don't know
Thank you, sadly cannot find this now. Not surprised. Our grandson is 9 yrs. Would love some recommendations.
It's still available from Amazon, and still at the same price. Here's a link: amzn.to/3o6NjDB
@@JimZim thank you 😊
Would a adult like this train
$ 79.99 here in Western Australia.
So about 40ish US.
Jim do you have any S Scale to compare against?
Not sure if you're familiar with S Gauge (1:64 scale), but this particular train set looks more in scale with that, although I'm sure the track width is wider. American Flyer was really the only company who made trains in that scale, although American Models (no relation) manufactures S Gauge equipment to this day up in Michigan. I've looked at some S Gauge trains on my channel, although I have never done a designated video. I too will admit that when compared to other Lionel Ready-to-Play sets, this one appears to be value for money. Now you just need an actual G scale John Deere set.
I agree 100% with your analysis!
love your channel jim
This looks a lot better than it does in their catalog, but my wallet's still staying shut to save for their and MTH's quality O scale.
If you've got your heart set on anything from MTH, you better get it now. You know they've announced that they will be going out of business soon, right?
I didn't know that. Time to go shopping!
Great video Jim would it be possible for you to do a camera gear for video and photography video?
What is the track gauge?
i have a john deere train set too that i got after christmas 2021 but it,s o scale it comes with desiel locomotive tanker car flat car with 2 ertl john deere toy tractors that are removable and caboose
This is the S scale Lionel John Deere battery operated toy train set.
One of the main reasons why you, Jim Zim, had just recently moved from California to Washington is to be closer to your sister, her husband, and their family. And they have a ton of John Deere farm equipment on their huge farm.
So when you saw a John Deere train set, you probably had to have one.
And earlier this year, you reviewed that little train set by Lionel you had bought at Amazon.com.
Your first clue is that the John Deere battery operated toy train set by Lionel is not G scale, HO scale or O scale is how small the box is.
The John Deere battery operated toy train set by Lionel comes with a diesel locomotive, three rail cars and tracks that will make the largest oval layout in the world of model trains.
You compare the Lionel John Deere diesel locomotive with a caboose in HO scale and we see the John Deere diesel locomotive from Lionel is bigger than HO scale but it is smaller than O scale. And so the Lionel John Deere battery operated toy train set that does NOT come with a remote control is S scale.
This is Thomas Comeau and as always, I will see the replies from you, Jim Zim!
The S scale Lionel John Deere battery operated toy train set that does NOT come with a remote control going around the sink of the kitchen island gives me an idea.
Why don't you run one of your G scale model trains around the sink of the kitchen island?
That would be interesting to me, but my advice to you is turn the controls all the way down and run them very slowly and steadily, and if you turn the controls all the way up, and then they will most likely to fall off and damage themselves really bad, unless you have pillows to make a soft spot to cushion their fall.
Let me know when you reply to me and I'll understand.
This is Thomas Comeau and I will see the replies from you, Jim Zim!
John Deere, Nothing runs like a deere.
John Deere makes farm and construction equipment.
Amtrak celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2021, since its first operations in 1971.
2021 is also the 5th anniversary of Thomas and Friends The Great Race The 2016 Movie, the 10th anniversary of Thomas and Friends Day of the Diesels The 2011 Movie and the 15th anniversary of Disney and Pixar's Cars.
What are you going to do next?
Let me know when you reply to me and I'll understand and be honest with you.
As always, I am Thomas Comeau and I will see the replies from you, Jim Zim!
When you get more money son Jim you should get some g scale intermodal containers for your g scale model engines
My friend looks John deere
First of all, let me say how much my great nephew and I love watching your videos! His name is Christopher and he has been in love with trains most of his 8 years. His most favorite is the White Pass diesel. I've been looking for one for him for years, but can't seem to find one anywhere. I don't mean the G scale like you have, something more ave appropriate. Do you have any suggestions for me? I would be so geateful. I just say I also love your cruise videos, too!😊
Please say hello to Christopher for me!
The diesel version of the White Pass Railway is very hard to come by. But if you'd settle for a steam version, take a look at this reasonably-priced set:
www.trainworld.com/manufacturers/model-train-starter-sets/bachmann-25024-white-pass-yukon-set/
Thats a realistic train
At 1:22, the wife’s scream sounds just like Larry the cucumber from veggie tales.
Looks like S scale to me.
Being a o scale train owner, this is cheap. Some of the locomotives I have are $270
I think that might be s gauge
0:54 where did you get the ship up right?
Where did u get the Coca Cola train or do they not make them any more
Awesome video thanks for sharing 🥰
Do you have ho trains? Also nice video
Can you get any extra track for this train set ?