I Love Slow Speed Control

Looks great, and even does 4-chuffs/rev too.

The Legacy steamers can really put on a show! Thanks for video.

Peter,

Looking real good! There's much to be said about running one's trains the way they look their best. The one point that outweighs the rest... Less wear and tear and follow-up repairs.

Great video! FWIW guys, it will actually run even slower. Kanawah had it at speed step one. I was there to see it. Awesome little engine.

 

Gilly

Great video, Peter!
Those Legacy ten wheelers are sweet locomotives.

Love the video Peter...always enjoy watching the trains go by!

 

Alan

 

Love it! The joys of digital control.

 

Fred

My Legacy VL 700E Hudson is the best performing Lionel loco I have ever personally owned and operated: BEST slow speed, sounds and smoke! 

 

I have owned a number of the JLC series and RS 5 locos and they were light years behind in comparison! 

My C &O ten wheeler is one of my favorites. I like to run it slow also.

 

doug

The very slow speeds that Legacy and DCS systems can deliver smoothly are impressive, including the loco in the video above.  I love "slow" too, but to me that means 15-20 mph to me.  I get that conventionally with the ZW-L and any of the newer Lionel conventional or Legacy or Vision locos. My best runner is the Vision challenger - it runs a bit smoother and sounds better than the Hudson.

Most of the Legacy stuff has great slow speed performance, as this video illustrates.

 

I think the slowest I've ever seen is the Vision Line Genset.  It's obviously geared lower, as it's top speed is not that fast, but it's slow speed is amazing. 

Hi Peter,

 

Great video, I love the slow speed also. Thanks for sharing

 

P.S. Peter if you want to sell the 10 wheeler I'm in the market for one

 

Thanks, Alex

Alex....with a moniker of Putnam Division, there's no way I can part with my Ten-wheeler!

 

Peter

Speed control is the best feature added to toy trains since smoke and whistles.

Peter, thanks for sharing the video!  There is a certain something about those Legacy ten wheelers that is magic!  The way they crawl, the way they chuff, the side rod action, and the way they can pull is really enjoyable to observe.  Like Doug, I have the C&O which I run the heck out of and can't seem to get bored with it!

 

Stack 

Nice vid. The ability to run very slowly is great as it allows you to experience the entire layout's scenery instead of having it pass as a blur while following the train.

Peter:

 

I agree, just love the ability of our newer engines to crawl when we want them to. The Legacy ten-wheeler is one of my favorite engines. When you can bring a passenger train into the station with a prototypical speed with the bell clanging, what a wonderful thing.

Hi Peter,  I agree with you 100%. I wouldn't sell it either.

But a great video and thanks again for sharing, see you in York!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Alex

I love slow speed, where appropriate. But, a passenger express at 70-80mph is also a joy to me.

I love slow trains as well. But not because I no longer enjoy the thrill of high speed. On the contrary, I do. My problem is reflexes that are no longer what they once where.

Unfortunately lifes fast balls tend to get by me. That is not a very good trait if you wont to avoid collisions. 

 I can still catch a good High Ball though.

 

All the more reason for slow speed.

What is nice with the Legacy system is setting the momentum on the fly. I have used a 6 or 7 setting with the 10 wheeler, then starting a train with the speed steps about mid range and the train brake nearly all the way applied. As the engine accelerates i use the train brake to lessen the load on the train so it keeps accellerating to the running speed. If you select the Hi Ball speed step, you will get the engine to really talk and changing the train barke setting as the train accelerates really yaries the sound of the stack. When you are at the speed you want to run at, change the speed step key to a lower setting so that it matches the bar graph of the train speed. Then when you want to stop, hit the roll step and the stack sounds almost disappear and vary in intensity as the train slows to a stop. You can  really make the engine talk . I have found that running lionels non legacy in tmcc mode at high momentum settings in this manner works almost as good. It is fun to control the train speed for astation stop by using the throttle and the train brake. Try it.

Peter,

   Ya got to love slow speed control, from the remote control, a dream for a train nut like me!

PCRR/Dave

Pete

it was good the meet you at trainstock in Jan.  I generally run my MTH on DCS at 18 -25 MPH. It really accentuates the steam engines, especially on a smaller home layout

Ah, GG1Man, give it a couple of more years and all you'll want to do with a High Ball is drink it. Practice makes perfect.

 

Gerry

Peter;

Great video; thanks for posting.

I don't personally own a ten wheeler but here is Just a thought.

You may want to consider drilling the stack out larger in order to get the smoke chuffs to "billow" more, instead of the "thin plume" effect.

I have personally drilled several Lionels out to about 7/32" which has improved the look, at least in my eyes.

 

Its easy to do. Lay the engine on its side, and use progressively larger drill bits with a variable speed drill. Don't drill too deep of course, and check your progess often. When done, vaccuum up the filings as best you can. It does not matter if a few drop into the smoke unit.

 

Rod