Steve-the-lego-fan

Yes, I have the 138 and it does backwards too if it hears a long whistle. One point is that if it is going forward, you have to stop it with a short whistle first and then make a long whistle to go backwards. Same the other way round. You can whistle youself without the lego whistle and it works, but it won't respond to clapping etc.. At the moment it's part of a Lego City layout so it looks a bit dated next to the other lego trains. What I'm going to do is build a lego train museum with a branch line for it to go into. I'll post some pics when I get the chance. How much to you think it's worth in the box with the original instructions and whistle?

I've got one. As a child my parents bought me one in 1969, I got rid of all my lego when I got older but kept the train because I'd heard it was really rare and they didn't make many. I'm now married and have an 11 year old son who loves lego. We've build a huge Lego City with a train line and suddenly the other month I remembered the train I had as a child. I phoned my dad and asked him if he knew where it was, he found it in the loft where it had been for 40 years, still in the box with all the instructions. When I went home last month I brought it back to Scotland with me where I now live. I tried to build it but there where a few minor pieces missing, I managed to get them off e-bay and complete the build. Just looks exactly like your photo. Tonight I put the batteries in and the motor worked right away. The electronics didn't work to start with, but eventually I found a loose connection on the microphone and got it going. Short whistle starts and stops and a long whistle make it go backwards. A lego whistle is supplied, but if you're good you can get it to work by whistling yourself!