I purchased this trolley earlier this year and we enjoy running it around our Christmas tree. MTH did an amazing job - I’m sure going to miss them in the hobby. Thanks for sharing and Happy Holidays!
This probably the only mth semi-brill trolley that I like the bells on, the other ones are lame, these one sound like real trolley bells. Amazing review as always!
@@wcmodelrailroad Thanks for the info! I’m thinking one of these may well be on my 2021 Christmas list. I’d love to see it running the rails under my tree. I’ve got 2 Bachman Christmas edition Brill Trolleys (1 ‘N’ and 1 ‘HO’) in storage that I bought about 15 years ago or so when the kids were still at home, but they haven’t seen the light of day in at least 12 years (shame on me). Seeing this ‘O’ scale Christmas trolley on your video has got me to thinking about laying down track again around the tree this coming Christmas and considering going larger than HO to be able to see it better in me old age.
@@iDONTdoFacebook That sounds really cool, and keep in mind if you do run it in conventional mode you can still activate the trolley stops mode using your transformer. You do a series of bells and whistles to start the sequence.
@@wcmodelrailroad That makes it even more appealing than my old sets which had no audio or stop-action sequences like these. Both of my old ones are internally lit with passenger silhouettes but they just ran around or up and down the tracks unless you manually intervened, and the only sound was the metal wheels clicking along the track and the internal gears spinning the drive wheels. My HO Trolley set included a back and forth track with 2 very mild curves and a straight track section at each end and one or two in the middle which formed a stretched out “S” that I’d set up on the living room window sill with the bumpers at both ends that would reverse the Trolly’s direction, but again, no pause in action to let passengers disembark or hop on, and no audio.
I have a TIU and WIU. So I used the MTH App on my iPhone which the DCS Explorer also uses. Yes, you can enable trolley mode in the WiFi App. Thank you for watching!
Hello, If you're asking if the trolley poles are functional, they are not, as they are just cosmetic. The trolley works the same way all 3 rail do with bottom pick-up rollers on the middle rail.
@@nightisright1873 I see, you can buy a 10" straight fastback that is already wired up to connect to a transformer. You can also just do it yourself by soldering or connecting wires underneath the fastback back to your transformer.
I purchased this trolley earlier this year and we enjoy running it around our Christmas tree. MTH did an amazing job - I’m sure going to miss them in the hobby. Thanks for sharing and Happy Holidays!
Thank you Rob, and I agree I'm going to miss the fantastic Subways, Streetcars, and Trolleys MTH made. Happy Holidays to you and your family!
Really cool trolley! Will have to look at getting this!
Thank you Matt, they are really cool, I would like to pick up a non Christmas one as well.
@@wcmodelrailroad You're welcome! That would be cool!
So informative, thanks so much!
This probably the only mth semi-brill trolley that I like the bells on, the other ones are lame, these one sound like real trolley bells.
Amazing review as always!
Thank you James! I appreciate the comments.
Very nice showcase of a great Christmas trolley. And the price someone would pay for one of these is? Did I miss that part?
Thank you, the trolley retails with an MSRP of $259.00, but they usually sell for around $219 at a good dealer.
@@wcmodelrailroad
Thanks for the info! I’m thinking one of these may well be on my 2021 Christmas list. I’d love to see it running the rails under my tree. I’ve got 2 Bachman Christmas edition Brill Trolleys (1 ‘N’ and 1 ‘HO’) in storage that I bought about 15 years ago or so when the kids were still at home, but they haven’t seen the light of day in at least 12 years (shame on me). Seeing this ‘O’ scale Christmas trolley on your video has got me to thinking about laying down track again around the tree this coming Christmas and considering going larger than HO to be able to see it better in me old age.
@@iDONTdoFacebook That sounds really cool, and keep in mind if you do run it in conventional mode you can still activate the trolley stops mode using your transformer. You do a series of bells and whistles to start the sequence.
@@wcmodelrailroad
That makes it even more appealing than my old sets which had no audio or stop-action sequences like these. Both of my old ones are internally lit with passenger silhouettes but they just ran around or up and down the tracks unless you manually intervened, and the only sound was the metal wheels clicking along the track and the internal gears spinning the drive wheels. My HO Trolley set included a back and forth track with 2 very mild curves and a straight track section at each end and one or two in the middle which formed a stretched out “S” that I’d set up on the living room window sill with the bumpers at both ends that would reverse the Trolly’s direction, but again, no pause in action to let passengers disembark or hop on, and no audio.
Are you using the full DCS set up, or the small DCS explorer?
I'm using the Full DCS setup (TIIU and WIU), thank you for watching!
Did you use the MTH DCS TIU or DCS Explorer? Does DCS Explorer have Trolley mode?
I have a TIU and WIU. So I used the MTH App on my iPhone which the DCS Explorer also uses. Yes, you can enable trolley mode in the WiFi App. Thank you for watching!
Did the music come from the train or from your dvd.
The Christmas music is from RUclips's free usage music library. Thank you for watching!
Where can I purchase one of these Trolleys?
How did you wire it to fastrack
Hello, If you're asking if the trolley poles are functional, they are not, as they are just cosmetic. The trolley works the same way all 3 rail do with bottom pick-up rollers on the middle rail.
@@wcmodelrailroad no I'm asking how do wire the transformer to fastrack
@@nightisright1873 I see, you can buy a 10" straight fastback that is already wired up to connect to a transformer. You can also just do it yourself by soldering or connecting wires underneath the fastback back to your transformer.