Comments by "" (@tommurphy4307) on "Why The Aerotrain Totally Failed" video.

we had a 12" gauge ride-on aerotrain at 'railways of america' in akron, ohio. the cars were styled like the converted aerotrain coaches. the power was probably a small FM or briggs & stratton motor. the coaches were named for ohio cities. we had a lot of fun riding the train, but the owner (who always operated the train) was a real SOB who seemed to enjoy yelling at kids. he used to yell at any of us kids who tried to touch anything on the huge O scale indoor layout. later on the train showed up at quaker square and was sold at auction a few years later- it was one of two trains that were built. the owner, mac lowery, had miniature crossing gates and signals custom-built to operate at the entrances to the place. those miniature gates and signals sold for more than the train sold for at the auction, which was held at quaker square when ownership of the square was passed on to the university of akron. today- the grain elevator towers there are converted college dorms. there were many older train items at ROA including a miniature B & O style train station and some pullman cars and a 4-6-2 (heavy pacific) locomotive. when i first saw photos of the disney train and the real prototype- i then realized the inspiration behind that little train.
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