GE Evolution Hybrid

I too just received the MTH version which I ordered from Sidetrack Hobbies in Maryland a couple of months ago -- glad my order was able to be fulfilled in THIS shipment rather than the next one later this year.

Quite frankly, I agree... it's hard to justify spending the extra $400-$600 on the Lionel version.  Loyal Lionel fans will argue that the ABS plastic shell used in the MTH version doesn't make the cut when compared to Lionel's all die-cast version.  But I'd prefer to spend my dollars double-heading (or even triple-heading) diesels these days, rather than spending all that $$$ on a single locomotive.  $900+ for a standard-sized diesel is ridiculous IMHO, and not something that the general market can sustain.  For the select view that WANT to spend that kind of money, I say... "Go for it!".  But even Lionel understands that their Vision Line products are not gonna have mass market appeal.  True, they are excellent products, but the price-point makes it a foregone conclusion that most folks will only admire them rather than buy them.  Or at best, some folks (like myself) may own one or two select Vision Line products, but not the entire Vision Line series.

Meanwhile, a whole lot more model train layouts are gonna be running a GE EVO now due to MTH's delivery of this model.  And most casual observers will never even know the difference.

David

I also have the MTH GE gevo and it is a great engine IMO. I hope you 2 guys have as much fun as I am.

I hope someone can post a video so we can here the sounds have fun with it as I have enjoyed my version of it.

no war intended don't read whats not printed into my post thank you.