Webmaster's note: The photo is of a "real" 3029 with 3 axles and 2 traction tires. The review is true also for this "real" 3029 in all details except for the mentioned. The author of this review has the 2-axled version.
 

This little loco really is a fantasy one, but the Bavarian R 3/3 has been pointed out as a near prototype for it. Actually I have two similar locos, and none is a real 3029, which should have three axles. The plastic shell has 3029 printed on it, but it has only two axles and the wheels aren't painted. As far as I understand these locos must have come from Antex train sets, intended for the BeNeLux countries in the 60's. To the locos belonged two tin plate cars each, 4040 cars for the one, a kind of simple open flatcar for the other. The difference between the two is that the plastic body has two front silver lamp imitations on the one, and three black ones on the other. The back end lamp imitations are silver and black too.

If the model existed as a detailed model, with wheels as the 3000, c90 decoder, 1-2 lights, it would be a must buy! Now it's only a toy and an object of nostalgia. It can pull a few light cars, as it only has one traction tire, and is too light.

There were no problems in converting this model with a DELTA decoder. Perhaps it gets even more limited in speed range, but no large difference.