I asked Lionel for the impossible (confession time)

Nope!  In my situation, it has nothing to do with road name or features.  It's simply a matter of not enough space available to run something like that and not enough $ in the piggy bank to support such a purchase (not in light of all the other costly purchases I've made recently, with more on the way).

Yes, I would love a BB in grey and gold trim as in the Challengers!!!!

If getting one undecorated also meant it had no crew talk, I'd be in, but as for some other road name on it, not likely.  The BB is just UP, and only UP, unless I was going all out on making up my own road, then all my locos would be renamed and numbered.

Ahem... painting a brand new vision line big boy?
Only one person has the kahoonas to do that! Paging Lee, where are you?

I'd buy one in PRR colors and just say it was on loan. 

 

--Greg

Allan,

      I am shocked, shocked to find that you are still buying toy trains.  Why, I remember just a few short years ago when you were providing good sound, sage advice on how we could limit our toy train purchases by concentrating on detailing our layouts.  I'm only joshing of course.  I know all to well how much fun it is to buy toy trains.  Enjoy them all as I'm sure you will.

If I ever spent that much on a train I would have to sleep with one eye open. (For guess who?)

Well, they did do a "Christmas Zephyr", so maybe there is a Polar RR Big Boy hiding in the Christmas catalog that will be on line on Monday.

 

-Dave

Paul:

 

You have to be one of the biggest PE fans known to mankind! I admire you for your persistence with encouraging Lionel to do a run of PE Observation cars which I think you have a far better chance to getting made than a PE BB.

No, way too much $$$ for me. And the reason I have no steam, only diesels. That's 4 or 5 engines for me (maybe 6 or 7 at MSRP).  Very nice for those that can afford them though!

I am with Allen on this one. I simply do have the room or desire to make such a large locomotive fit just to run it for a while. The features are nice but not enough to moe me to purchase. The price is higher than most but if I wanted to sell several engines I could likely afford it. I am glad to see what Lionel has done but my preferences have changed. I really like the tinplate right now. Not enough to get rid of my Legacy stuff because both are different. I hope the hype translates into other offerings that take a smaller price and smaller diameter curves.

 

Of course a tinplate with whistle steam smoke, blow down steam smoke, and decreasing coal load would really get my interest and likely money......

I can't resist, this will be the most impressive member of my fleet.   I fell in love at York, what a beast!

 

I wonder if any of the folks that "jumped" on the bigboy will have any second thoughts once they find out a legacy SP AC-12 will be offered for a few hundred less.....

Well I was thinking of the 765, but with teh AC12 out may have to look at that one and the BB.

Theres a good chance you might be able to get both, or should I say all three. If money permits.

Nope.

I'm a Polar Express and Polar Railroad fan, but I wouldn't want a Big Boy decorated for either.  It would look neat though.  You could check into getting the tender re-painted.

 

 

Gregg,

 if you were in HO, with a little looking, you would have a chance of finding one. AHM/IHC committed that Blasphemy years ago. Another crime that they committed was a GG1 in (all rivet counters please sit down) NYC Lightning Stripes. Low End HO has had it's own share of "Fantasy Schemes" those are not just limited to 3 Rail.

 

 I have some fantasy scheme locomotives, Union Pacific never had any Hudsons or Berkshire, but those were popular classes with many RRs, and at least plausible. There are some lines that just shouldn't be crossed, such as the "Signature" locomotives mentioned above, or maybe D&H Cab-Forwards or a UP Dreyfus Hudson.

 

 Lee did do a Wonderful job on that Union Pacific J class though, and it is your Railroad, so run what you like, just my opinion, which just like a certian part of the anatomy"Everyone has One"

 

Doug

Brief video included to show the depth of my commitment to the Polar Railroad line. Not included in the video are the PRR berk and the toy fair boxcar. 

 

A Big Boy in PRR deco would look nice, as long as we're talking about the light blue/burgundy/black and not that garish red/green.

 

I don't buy anything that won't run on O36 (O27 preferred), so that would be the obstacle for me.

 

Gentlemen,

   I am with Allan Miller on this one, I do not have the space or the funds to invest in this particular engine.  Engines must run on at least 036 for me to really be interested in running them, even my new Legacy Shay will have the extender draw bar installed on it, to accommodate the 036 curves in my layouts.

PCRR/Dave