How to Choose Trains for Model Train Village

Video Transcript

"My name is Kevin Blakeney on behalf of Expert Village, it is now time to choose your trains and enjoy your new model railroad village. We are now ready to discuss the trains that you chose to run. Now once again you want to keep in mind the era of the display that you are creating. Whether if it is steam era, diesel, beyond diesel to electric. If you have a urban town you can run a light rail, you can run trolleys, cable cars, anything you decide to do. Keep in scale and keep in time with your village. Now in selecting a train you also want to keep a few thing in mind the heavier the engine the better it is going to run. No matter what your track is, not matter what your transformer you chose to use is you want a heavy heavy engine. Also, the few wheels on the engine the less likely that it is to come off the tracks. You want to keep that in mind when choosing steam engines especially. Which can come in 2-4-2-4 formats 240 formats those are the numbers of wheels per second of the engine. So you want to chose something like a 040 and a 060 which have the main body and no wheels before or after. Also, when you are selecting your train you want to keep in mind the cars that you chose to pull on it whether it is fret or pas sager. Keep those in time to your village as well. Finally, picking the transformer. No matter if you use the transformer they came with your set or if your buying individually trains or if you are buying individual trains and you have to buy your own transformer you really get what you pay for with these. The more expensive transformers are going to last you longer and are going to put out more power to your train. It is going to provide better running enjoyment."