Giorginetto's Questions on Trains

[tomegood87]

If you can't Find a playmobil transformer it is possible to use other brands. I've been using MRC transformer with my playmobil trains since the early 90's.  Really like what zugpferdchen said about the electric system in your country. Are there any train or model shops near you? 

[Giorginetto]

Thank you guys for your valuable feeback !!! There is a big train medel shop not that far from whewre i live , i have tracked down the transformers i want on ebay and i will visit that shop to get lots of G scale LGB tracks otehrqwise i will buy a few on ebay i have also tracked down quite a few !!! Great help , thanks !!!!!

[Skywalker]

like zugpferdchen said thats all you need.

but maybe we can discuss another thing here if you don´t mind.

what is the best way to handle the switches electric ? i just now the german word "gleisunterbrecher" like when you want to park one train and shut that rail down ( trainstation ) while another train is running.
 

[Rasputin]

are you talking about 4373 isolators  ?

[Skywalker]

yeah...isolators...but i want them electric also the switches but don´t know what i have to get...playmobil didn´t do that electric

[Giorginetto]

How does one connect the lighting then , does the wesetrn train have pre installed lighting ?

[zugpferdchen]

How does one connect the lighting then , does the wesetrn train have pre installed lighting ?

No, the Steaming Mary has no light inside. But you could install one...

[Giorginetto]

No, the Steaming Mary has no light inside. But you could install one...

Thanks , doesnt the steaming mary with the coal wagon has two engines and if so can it pull 8-9 wagons . I got the 4375 transformer is the 4359 better and faster and/or stronger than the 4375 , is there a noriceable difference ?

[zugpferdchen]

yeah...isolators...but i want them electric also the switches but don´t know what i have to get...playmobil didn´t do that electric

You need:
motors for switches e.g. from LGB (also for the garden) [KLICK!] or Piko.

+ a switch control box,
e.g. LGB 51750 [KLICK!] or Piko 35260 [KLICK!] or other. They are very expensive! I think there are cheaper possibilities (self buying or H0 switch boxes).

Thanks , doesnt the steaming mary with the coal wagon has two engines and if so can it pull 8-9 wagons . I got the 4375 transformer is the 4359 better and faster and/or stronger than the 4375 , is there a noriceable difference ?

4359 has more power. A little for driving faster, but it's over all important when you drive with more than 1-3 locos. For this it has a little more power.

[Giorginetto]

4359 has more power. A little for driving faster, but it's over all important when you drive with more than 1-3 locos. For this it has a little more power.

By locos you mean 1-3 wagons or 1-3 engines combined together  , i dont intend to have more than one steaming mary engine in my western train, The Train engine, the coal wagon, the open wagon , 2 passenger wagons ,1 cattlew wagon and 1 cargo wagon plus the two cabooges , that is ( incl the coal wagon ) a total of 8 wagon, will the steam mary be able to pull this or it will go as a slug especially with the transformer i just bought ?