![]() ![]() The trains were also redesigned to be minifigure compatible, and featured new train bases with swivelling bogies for more realism. The rails were of a new "snap fit" design to the sleepers to allow the track to be more easily dismantled and stored. The second era ( 1980 - 1990), also called the Grey Era, is characterized by dark Grey ties (sleepers) and light grey rails. This first period of the 4.5V and 12V trains, sometimes called the Blue Era because of the rails colour, lasted from 1966 till 1979. Since 1969, there was also a 12V train program, which used additional conductor rails mounted between the standard 4.5V rails, and 12V motors contained in the same housings as the 4.5V motors, but with additional metal contacts attached to the bottom of the housings. The batteries were either carried behind the engine in a tender, or in a battery box built into the engine in the earlier sets. The flanged train wheels had rubber rims for traction which were pushed into the motors. These trains had blue rails and white sleepers using standard 8 x 2 plates, while the locomotives used the standard 4-wheel drive 4.5V motor unit. One year later in 1966, the LEGO Group introduced the first sets with track and battery powered motors. ![]() It did not come with any track, instead having ordinary road wheels. The very first train set, 323 Train, was released in 1965 and was only available during that year.
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