After watching the R&D show, an interesting point was that the new Baldwin’s will have a redesigned fuel tank and sound like the new GPs have. This is not mentioned in the catalog but was confirmed by Ryan and Dave.
Ben
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I am tempted to order one and wondered if anyone has added railings or other details to these?
The Baldwin switcher is a sentimental favorite of mine because it was the first real product I bought when I was a kid. It never ran well. In the eighth grade I cut off end railings from a Lionel caboose to screw onto the front and rear to make it look more realistic--my first kit bash. When I got back into modeling much later, I replaced the motor with one of Doug Peck's Port Lines Hobby Supplies can motor conversions and added railings I fashioned out of brass wire. It runs better, but not well. It is still a favorite anyway. The new Lionel American Flyer versions will work far, far better than the old Gilbert models.
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Maybe Dave can post a few pictures of the mocked up fuel tank change like he did for the GP and the Legacy Berk....please....
Ben
Actually I'll have a tooled sample of the engine in a week or so. Can post photos then.
Thanks! That’s dedication to the cause, it’s friday night Dave...stop working...
Ben
banjoflyer posted:Yeah I keep looking at that Patapsco engine and it sure looks neat! However, what with the 30 million SHS switchers I own I really don't need another switch engine! Mark
You know the answer to that. Of course you need one! 
Two motors, sound with a fuel tank and blue tooth/FC, seems like a winner...and likely a really good puller.
Ben
Wow, two motors in the Baldwin, should be a piece of cake to put two in the GPs now. Lionel keeps me coming back for more
Ray
Rayin"S" posted:Wow, two motors in the Baldwin, should be a piece of cake to put two in the GPs now. Lionel keeps me coming back for more
Ray
Nope, no two motors for the GP, see below from the GP7 thread:
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Rusty Traque posted:Which begs the musical question: Will the new Baldwin switchers have two motors or is it a typo? Seems odd the smaller Baldwin's could fit two motors but not the GP's.
Not a typo. Much wider shell. Plus the out-pour of requests for two motors in the GP made me design the switcher to have two. Just can't do it in the GP.
Dave Olson
Director of Engineering
Lionel LLC
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Guess that shoots my theory for a GP20...
--Rusty
Hummm....
Flyonel has done some Alaska rolling stock over the years, which I have and have kept (I spent several weeks in AK over the years and have ridden on the Alaska railroad). This would be a cool way to make a AK train!
picture from the Bowser website
Also just kinda thinking out loud...there is a Wabash caboose in the catalog, but I can’t remember the last time Lionel made an S Gauge Wabash loco. According to Wikipedia The Wabash had Baldwin switchers, but I can’t find any pictures of one on google. Maybe there will be a Wabash Baldwin in V2.
Ben
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NotInWI posted:Also just kinda thinking out loud...there is a Wabash caboose in the catalog, but I can’t remember the last time Lionel made an S Gauge Wabash loco. According to Wikipedia The Wabash had Baldwin switchers, but I can’t find any pictures of one on google. Maybe there will be a Wabash Baldwin in V2.
Ben
Well, there was the NS/ Wabash Heritage SD70 in 2014.
From what I could find, these were the Wabash Baldwins:
Wabash switchers were monochromatic very dark blue or black, therefore I would expect there will be a Flyer Wabash GP7/9 coming. Either that, or a rerun of these:
Rusty
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Just ordered a Pennsy Baldwin. A lot of bang for the buck!
Although not an S gauge fan [too much invested in O gauge] I would LOVE to see Lionel do this diesel for O gauge! There are so many paint schemes for this little bugger!
Horseshoe hits on a point I was wondering earlier, it seems Lionel (post war to MPC) never did one in O Gauge. I know MTH has, but I wonder if Lionel always looked at the Baldwin as “flyer territory”.
It is kinda Gilbert iconic I guess.
Ben
banjoflyer posted:NotInWI posted:The Wabash had Baldwin switchers, but I can’t find any pictures of one on google. Maybe there will be a Wabash Baldwin in V2.
Ben
The Wabash did have S-12 switchers numbered 305-309.
Here's a picture of a Stewart HO model of one in what appears to be very dark blue:
Ooops.
Missed them when I copied the roster from the Wabash RR Historical society:
Rusty
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On some Facebook sites there has been suggestions that these Baldwins will not have space for a speaker because of two motors. They are right that the 2018 catalog does not mention sound in the description for these engines like it does for others. Has anybody heard from Lionel that sound will be or not be in these locomotives?
Bill
My opening post says that Ryan and Dave said it will have sound and the speaker will be in the newly designed fuel tank. The video with Ryan and Dave is on the Facebook page for Flyer and Lionel and is viewable.
Ben
Dave talked about the new fuel tank and speaker about 9 minutes into the video.
Rusty
banjoflyer posted:Dave Olson, one more thing. In the Ryan and Dave American Flyer video you mention the addition of sound and a newly tooled fuel tank for the AF Baldwins. Would it be possible to add some railings to these engines? That doesn't look like too pricey of an addition and these engines look far better with the prototypical railings:
Too late now. Would add to the cost of each unit plus stamping tools and modifying the frame.
Also, what is the possibility of making a Baldwin switcher "set".....?
That is a pair of Baldwin S-12's that would be operated as a "pair" of engines similar to the operation of a AA unit pair as in the LionChief + line on the O gauge side?
So Dave, would it be possible to offer a pair of FlyerChief engines that operate both singly and as a pair?
Possible, yes. But that's Ryan's decision. I don't honestly see that being a huge seller either. Ryan is also the one who selects road names/paint schemes.
Rusty Traque posted:Dave talked about the new fuel tank and speaker about 9 minutes into the video.
Here's a quick shot of the new fuel tank:
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Seems to me that this reworked FC Baldwin is prime for a new RTR set. Santa Fe, Pensilvania, UP, NYC....whatever, S NEEDS a starter set that is not holiday specific or that docksider.
Dave. What sounds do the Baldwin’s have? Rail sounds, bell, horn? Thanks Steve
banjoflyer posted:Dave Olson, one more thing. In the Ryan and Dave American Flyer video you mention the addition of sound and a newly tooled fuel tank for the AF Baldwins. Would it be possible to add some railings to these engines? That doesn't look like too pricey of an addition and these engines look far better with the prototypical railings:
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Also, what is the possibility of making a Baldwin switcher "set".....?
That is a pair of Baldwin S-12's that would be operated as a "pair" of engines similar to the operation of a AA unit pair as in the LionChief + line on the O gauge side? The engines could include a DPDT switch on the bottom which would determine the initial starting direction of the engine. One engine would start in "forward" and the other in "reverse" and both would respond to the remote signal at the same time just like the real switcher pairs do. Here's a picture of one configuration and a "new" paint scheme I really want in the next run of these engines:
That "Katy" paint scheme has a lot going for it with the bright red color similar to the colorful Patapsco and Back Rivers paint scheme. The real prototype was an EMD NW-2 but that paint scheme will look just as good on a Baldwin S-12 like the one on a Bowser HO engine shown.
Here's the EMD NW-2 in the "safety" paint scheme:
So Dave, would it be possible to offer a pair of FlyerChief engines that operate both singly and as a pair?
Thanks,
Mark
Mark, You are a pretty handy guy, seeing what you have done with some of your projects. I can see you adding that switch to one of a pair of these locomotives, it would just reverse the wires to the motors, I would do the same with a pair of Milwaukee Road Baldwins.
Ray
In watching the Ryan and Dave show on Lionels Facebook page today I asked if there will be a sample of the Baldwin at York. Dave displayed a unpainted sample for the camera and stated it will be running at the York train show. Maybe we will get some close pictures of the underside of it out of the show.
It sounds like it isn’t on track.
Ben
I was looking at the Lionel shipping catalog today, and while I’m no detective (patrol officer actually) I think I can confirm there will be a Wabash Baldwin coming up.
644122.
I wonder if it will have the white over blue paint scheme?
Ben
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NotInWI posted:I was looking at the Lionel shipping catalog today, and while I’m no detective (patrol officer actually) I think I can confirm there will be a Wabash Baldwin coming up.
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I wonder if it will have the white over blue paint scheme?
Ben
Don't see why. Wabash's switchers were painted in a very dynamic paint scheme
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Rusty
(Personally, IMHO the GP would've been a better choice...)
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Well, it might not be prototypical, but I think the GP wabash paint scheme would be a better seller than....that....
It is probably way to soon I am sure, but I would like another UP Baldwin run with the new enhanced features.
Ben
NotInWI posted:Well, it might not be prototypical, but I think the GP wabash paint scheme would be a better seller than....that....
Ben
No argument there...
(Just a quicky artist conception...)
Rusty
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Mark
Anything is possible I guess, but I would think that Patapsco unit was a hit in preorders and is a go. My guess is there was a typo when the shipping schedule was written up. I think the Wabash unit is likely a given to go with the Wabash caboose that was listed in the 2018 V1 book. On a few different videos I have seen with Dave and/or Ryan, they have talked specifically about that Patapsco Baldwin. My guess, both will be happening.
Ben
Rusty Traque posted:NotInWI posted:Well, it might not be prototypical, but I think the GP wabash paint scheme would be a better seller than....that....
Ben
No argument there...
(Just a quicky artist conception...)
Rusty
A less rushed artist conception of "road paint" on a Wabash switcher:
Of course, whether Lionel does anything like this is on the Flyer Baldwin switcher is pure conjecture on my part...
Rusty
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Mark
Good for you, and thanks for the contact with Lionel. I would pass on a fantasy Wabash Baldwin anyway. Just an odd coincidence given the Wabash Caboose cataloged.
Ben
NotInWI posted:Mark
Good for you, and thanks for the contact with Lionel. I would pass on a fantasy Wabash Baldwin anyway. Just an odd coincidence given the Wabash Caboose cataloged.
Ben
Well, now that the Wabash Baldwin bubble has burst, (it was kinda fun working out the fantasy paint scheme, though) I would expect to see a Wabash GP cataloged. Unless Lionel's got something up their sleeve...
Rusty
Any sightings on these?
I believe Lionel said these were on the water about 2 months ago now. Charles Ro does not even list the C&NW unit on thier website. I hope it did not get canceled. It’s the only one I ordered.
Ben
