The genius of the Lone Star Locos railway system was many, including
- It pioneered the small models, being able to fit onto a normal table top
- It was the precursor of the Treb-0-lectric, which was the first N gauge railway
- Whilst only a toy, the detail of the die cast was high, with a lot of carefully moulded detail shown
There were flaws with this railway system, including
- The radius of the curves was too tight for a lot of the rolling stock, allowing it to come off the track all too easily
- The absence of power, demanding effort and some skill in moving the trains
- The flat wagons were just too light a construction and would easily derail
- Issues with the locomotive couplings – the initial tin plate was too fragile and the downward hook couplings did not work very well either
