LC+ 2.0 BIG BOY from Mr Muffin's

Looks great, is the the LC+ 2.0 version?

Yes, i failed to add 2.0 to the title.

Sweeeeeet! Can’t wait to see it in person Chuck. 

I agree. I have one and think it might be the best thing Lionel makes.  Wonderful loco!!!

Beautiful engine!  I'll be anxious to see it in operation when we next all meet -

Looks and sounds awesome. Nice!

I focus on Reading, PRR, and demonstrators, but that is outstanding. Love that it can handle O31 even though my minimum is O63. Those will sell well in my opinion.

That’s very impressive, very nice.

I hadn’t realised that the two engines were synchronised on locos of that type

BTW, this is Lionel #1932162 and surprised me that it was made in Korea.

@Rockershovel posted:

I hadn’t realised that the two engines were synchronised on locos of that type

They're not, but during extended running the frequently tend to self-synchronize.  The two engines are not linked and can be out of sync.

@cjack posted:

BTW, this is Lionel #1932162 and surprised me that it was made in Korea.

I'm not  I ran across this channel on youtube by accident, "Diorama Train".

It appears to show various hobby product videos. Some of which are Lionel being tested. In the LC bigboy video you can actually see them being boxed up in the background:

The most recent video show the new EM1 being tested:

Heres what looks to be a large collection of many of Lionels (and few others?)offerings over the years in glass cases possibly in the front office of the factory? :

@RickO posted:

I'm not  I ran across this channel on youtube by accident, "Diorama Train".

 

Heres what looks to be a large collection of many of Lionels (and few others?)offerings over the years in glass cases possibly in the front office of the factory? :

That last video is pretty interesting.

Surprised to see what looks like the scale T1 from the MTH- Lionel Lawsuit. Another interesting item in the above is the factory weathered K-Line NYC Tank engine from 2005 (KW3470-1295CC)

Is this the new premium smoke fluid?

Wow!  They use Lamp Oil to test smoke units overseas. 

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...WGKFYVXYLF&psc=1

Something is funny with those meters. That LC Big Boy most likely isn't pulling 15 amps and it's certainly not pulling 15 milliamps.

So what is going on with the meters?

@DaveSlie posted:

 

Wow!  They use Lamp Oil to test smoke units overseas. 

We had a big discussion about this a few years ago. For some reason it was a real hot button for Rich.

@RoyBoy posted:

We had a big discussion about this a few years ago. For some reason it was a real hot button for Rich.

Lamp Oil is a no no discussion by forum members.  I just found it interesting that Lionel is so strict on using their Premium smoke fluid in their locomotives but in the factory they are most likely being primed with the product shown.  I guess it could just be for random testing but still I think I'd send them a couple gallons of premium.

Anyone buying the Lionmaster SD-80mac? Charlie Ro has them in stock now.

so, who is switching to lamp oil?