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Nov 1 2009 |
Powering Your Model Trains
Of the early model trains made primarily for the toy market, most were powered by clockwork. Actual control of the model trains was only possible by means of levers on the locomotive itself, which enabled the operator to make the train stop, to go, and, in many models, to reverse. |
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