Hey, Jim! You want some more Coke?
Yeah. That'd be great. Thanks!
I thought that would be a fun way to introduce you to the newest train in my collection...
The Coca Cola train, by LGB.
They haven't made these in years, so I picked up a used one in really good condition.
The engineer in the cab is a polar bear.
And there are three other polar bears... Skiing! On the tender.
You're probably thinking this guy on the tender is shoveling coal, but...
This is a Coca Cola train. It doesn't run on coal!
It runs on ice!
If you look at the decorations on the cab... I think it's a Christmas Coca Cola train. But I don't care.
Maybe that's why I got a good deal on it, in July.
Let's run down the features...
Like a working headlight, when the train is in motion.
And look at the flicker of the firebox inside the cab.
I love this apple pie scented smoke fluid by MTH...
And if you add a few drops of it in to the smokestack of the Coca Cola train...
You get smoke!
And your downwind neighbors will think you're baking an apple pie.
Hey, check out the new redwood colored platform I built so I could run trains around the flower box.
But I've saved the most unusual feature of all for last.
Look what's inside this box car.
It's a speaker.
I'll pop off the top of the box car, so you can get a better look...
And see there's some electronics in there.
Let me throw this switch, so that the magic can happen.
A very old-fashioned Coca Cola jingle!
(Sung) Coca Cola Coca Cola Things go better with Coca Cola.
(sung) Things go better with Coke.
(sung) Life is much more fun when you're refreshed.
(sung) And Coke refreshes you best. It's the refreshing-est!
(sung) Food goes better with... Fun goes better with... You'll go better with Coke.
(sung) The real life one puts extra fun in you and everything you do, so...
(sung) Things go better with Coca Cola. Things go better with Coke!
Well, let's take this thing for a high-speed run now.
No smoke, and no jingles. Just simulated steam train sounds...
From another sound system, inside the tender.
I'm Jim Zim. Enjoying the summer here in California!
No need to go on a cruise at this time of the year.
Paradise is right here, in my back yard.
Give this video a thumbs-up if you liked it.
That lets YouTube know it's a good video they should recommend to other people.
And here are a few of my other model train videos that I think are good.
Might as well watch watch another one, don't you think?
Heck, just do a whole model train video marathon if you want.