You can always count on Crown Metal Products for good steam locomotives. Too bad they fell out of favor, but thankfully, many of their locomotives continue to operate. Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Six Flags St. Louis are the only places I know of where Crown cabooses are used. Would be cool to see an additional coach or two one day to match the other two trains.
Crown built trains in 15” (available also as 14” and 16”), 24”, and 36”. Three-foot Crowns are still running at Busch Gardens, Kings Island, and several Six Flags parks, not to mention the one Michael Jackson had at Neverland. I spent eight years of summer weekends running a 15” Crown at Little Toot Railroad in Flora, IL. The disproportionately small wheels on the pilot truck are a sure sign of a Crown locomotive. The first Crown was a 15” built in 1959 and is one of the three owned by Little Toot. Production ended in the mid 1970’s. Most 15” models and about half of the 24” units were coal-fired, with the rest were oil burners. 36” Crowns were about equally divided between oil and propane firing.
Have never seen this. I know its a crown but what is the gauge 30"or 36". Looks bigger than 24". Also rail looks to be about 30lb or heavier. Thanks for the post.
+TrainsWow™ +Trainman0425 There was one time in 2010 that Der Hochbeinge broke down and Balmoral Castle had to be fired up. I can't say for sure if all three were on the track at one time that day, but it was great to ride all three engines in one day. Even if we had to get off Balmoral for a short thunderstorm.
I rode this lots of times from 6th grade and BALMORAL CASTLE lots of times 1st grade.
You can always count on Crown Metal Products for good steam locomotives. Too bad they fell out of favor, but thankfully, many of their locomotives continue to operate. Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Six Flags St. Louis are the only places I know of where Crown cabooses are used. Would be cool to see an additional coach or two one day to match the other two trains.
I like this one and BALMORAL CASTLE. Those 2 I like.
I got this again for Christmas 1 season. I rode this same one again from 6th grade up to 2012.
this is my favorite one out of all the trains there...hate to see it stopped most of the time
Six flags st louis has a fine example of a crown metal products locomotive and caboose
Crown built trains in 15” (available also as 14” and 16”), 24”, and 36”. Three-foot Crowns are still running at Busch Gardens, Kings Island, and several Six Flags parks, not to mention the one Michael Jackson had at Neverland. I spent eight years of summer weekends running a 15” Crown at Little Toot Railroad in Flora, IL. The disproportionately small wheels on the pilot truck are a sure sign of a Crown locomotive. The first Crown was a 15” built in 1959 and is one of the three owned by Little Toot. Production ended in the mid 1970’s. Most 15” models and about half of the 24” units were coal-fired, with the rest were oil burners. 36” Crowns were about equally divided between oil and propane firing.
Have never seen this. I know its a crown but what is the gauge 30"or 36". Looks bigger than 24". Also rail looks to be about 30lb or heavier. Thanks for the post.
Mark Reardon 36" gauge and 100lb rail
Trainman0425 Ok thx for the reply.
Do they ever run 3 trains?
I have never seen it in person, but it has happened.
+TrainsWow™ +Trainman0425 There was one time in 2010 that Der Hochbeinge broke down and Balmoral Castle had to be fired up. I can't say for sure if all three were on the track at one time that day, but it was great to ride all three engines in one day. Even if we had to get off Balmoral for a short thunderstorm.
TrainsWow™ as a RR team member, I can tell you that we do not normally run 3 trains, although we used to run 3 during Christmas Town.
I like BALMORAL CASTLE better.
It's a Crown Metal Products 4-4-0
Worlds smallest cylinders and pilot truck
you'd think they'd expand the engine barn to accommodate all 3 engines
This use to one of the trains at Kings Dominion
This train never ran at Kings Dominion.
This one use to run at lakeside amusement park in salem virginia