The BRIO® Product Database: Sky Train

Sky Train was a great idea on paper but in practice it had a fatal flaw: it forced configurations into loops. Of course, one would not expect switched “track” in a cable car, but the sets didn’t even offer the one thing nearly all real-world cable cars have in common: terminating stations or buffer stops. Unless you wanted dangling track ends or jury-rigged stops you couldn’t even make a simple line. Every Sky Train configuration had to be a closed loop.

Despite the inflexibility, Sky Train has a considerable amount of charm. It was not really a bad product: it just cost too much for the limited play value.