SantaFe158 posted:I purchased a Lionel Legacy DT&I crane and boom car from Grzyboski's at a train show back in February. None of my locomotives really fit the period very well and I've been wanting a nice switcher to shove it around with for demo purposes on the club layout. I've read good things about the Lionel Legacy NW2's and finally broke down and bought a UP one last night. Initially I planned to repaint it into the DT&I orange scheme, but I do sort of like the UP scheme and may keep it as is. I'm looking forward to receiving it and giving it a run.
I received my NW2 on Monday. It was in a little rougher cosmetic condition than I was expecting but the seller made good on that. I have a new set of shells coming for my planned repaint. I think the smoke unit under the original hood got a little too warm as there is a slight deformation like a melt mark on the top of the hood. Other than that it runs and looks great from a few feet away. The sounds are very nice as well.
My only gripes are that for a Legacy engine they seem to have dumbed down some of the lighting features. The LED's in the headlights are very harsh "cool white" LED's that have way too much of a blue hue. On top of that, there's apparently no "rule 17" lighting in these. Not a deal breaker by any means, but a little disappointing considering the selling price of these.
