They were extremely durable. They looked like the real engine. The stuff we have on our shelves today is reproduced, and doesn't last as long.

The engine shown here is what the ERTL engines looked like. They look exactly like the engine in the series. Along with all the old ones, produce these:

Rex

Bert

Mike

Ada, Jane, Mabel

Alaric

Eric

Tallylyn

Dolgoch

Old Skarloey

Old Rheneas

Stuart

Topham Circus

Red and Blue Narrow Gauge Coaches

D3

488 Adams

Shane Dooiney

Wilfred

Ernest

Ivo Hugh

Mighty Mac

Albert

Victoria

Vinnie

Ashima

Frieda

Belle

Isabella

Fearless Freddie

Philip

Millie

Ballast Truck

Madge

Derek The Diesel (retool)

Streamlined Emily

Gina

Rosie

Ferdinand

Molly

Neville

Dennis

Alaric & Truck 2-Pk

Dart

Den

Luke

Porter

Samson

Kelly

Nelson

L.E. Gordon

L.E. Diesel

L.E. Edward

L.E. Peter Sam

L.E. Fearless Freddie

L.E. Skarloey

L.E. Duck

L.E. Oliver

L.E. Wilfred

L.E. Daisy

L.E. BoCo

L.E. D261

L.E. Rosie

L.E. Ashima

Pip and Emma

Godred (new tool)

Culdee (new tool)

Green Bulgy

Green Arrow

Logan

Sam

Victoria

Agnes, Ruth, Lucy, Jemima, Beatrice

Fred

Slip Coaches

Origins James

98462

87546

Please bring our good old ertl thomas series back.