Here is a really cool item released by the Lionel back in 2009.
This is a UNIQUE Maintenance of Way motorized unit that operates all on its own. Check out the crew on board as well as the lights. Great detail on this one.
Since 1950, more than 10,000 Trackmobiles have been put into service around the world.
These innovative and agile 4850TM Trackmobile® vehicles can run on rails as well as the road due mainly to an ingenious hydraulic coupler design that allows weight from coupled rail cars to be transferred to the vehicle. This weight transfer increases the traction of the light Trackmobile and makes it perfect for light switcher duty on the railroads. Lionel now offers a 1:48th scale 4850TM Trackmobile made from all-new tooling.
FEATURES
- Command Control equipped – able to run in Command Control Mode or in Conventional Transformer Control Mode
- Maintenance-free motor
- Die-cast metal body
- Front and rear ElectroCouplers
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Interior lighting
- Directional headlights and rear lights
- Realistic interior cab details
- Driver figure
- Window inserts
- 1:48 Scale
- Rail Line: Union Pacific
- Gauge: Standard O Scale
- Min Curve: O-27
- Dimensions: Length: Approx. 6”
CONDITION: C-8 Like New. Clean unit. Tested and operates as it should. With original box and instructions as pictured.