Well, this is it. This is the result of about 5 years of planning and slowly buying train cars.

A little background. At the very start of ARAH 1982-83, Tyco put out a GI Joe HO-Scale electric train set (Pic is from Yojoe.com)



I drooled over this set for a long time. I already had an electric train, so I didn't ask my parents for another. Instead, I played with the one I had and added some green army men and accessories and pretended that it was a GI Joe train. I even played with my regular ARAH figures even if the train was wayyy to small.

When I got back into Joes (2005ish), I discovered that in 1991, Hasbro was thinking of releasing this (again, thanks to Yojoe for the pic)

It never made it to store shelves, but when I found out about it, it reawakened my childhood memories.

About 5 years ago, I decided that it was time to finally make the train that I always wanted for my Joes. I looked into different scales of trains that I could buy and modify. One day, I bought a Playmobil box car on super clearance for 5$. When I stood ME Joes next to it, it looked good, so I set out to buy all the cars and the engine and paint them. After a few false starts and waiting for the latest Playmo train to arrive, here it is: My GI Joe train!

Enough of my ramblings, on to the pics. Enjoy!

OB





















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Here are the two figures.

Code Name: Railspike
Primary Military Specialty: Locomotive Operator
Secondary Military Specialty: Train Mechanic
File Name: McDermott, Eric P.
Birthplace: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania





Code Name: Hi-Railer
Primary Military Specialty: Railroad Maintenance Specialist (Gandy Dancer)
Secondary Military Specialty: Battlefield Engineer
File Name: Steinberg, Brett M.
Birthplace: Aspen, Colorado







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Adding some pics of some alternate cargo for the flat car:






And a couple more of the Jeep:

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Awesome. I've always wanted to see someone make a 1:18th version of the train set. Perfect.

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You need to get the 6 wheeled vehicle from the Rolling Thunder and put that in on of the opening cars. Oh and add more guns.

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I just stood up in the middle of my office and gave you a standing ovation. It is customs like this that keep me coming to this site day after day. You have just made the top of the list for my heterosexual GI Joe based man crush.

I love you.

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*applause*

I can't think of anything else. Really outstanding work.

- R

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I...im flashing back and the original train set may have actually been the first object to ignite my GI Joe lust. I just barely recall •really• wanting the tiny figures that came with the set.

:faints:

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Amazing. Clean. Crisp. Wow.

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Very nice. Wish Hasbro would have followed through with the original prototype.

I think it would be an awesome OG item. It just seems more plausible in modern warfare to be in Russia where there are vast expanses of open land. Trains running to patrol the Siberian Tundra during a time of invasion seems like a real possibility.

This just brought back some childhood memories. My older brother still has the train complete. Thanks in large part to his never letting me touch it. Awesome work, Love seeing the train in proper joe scale.

Also might add that the engine seems to be a perfect likeness for the box art from the original HO scale train set.

Truly spectacular....just awesome!

Standing ovation. That looks like serious fun.

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