I'm kind of hoping to be able to replace MPC era Mghty Sound of Steam Southern Crescent and Chicago Alton Locomotives with LionChief +. I know one of the first LC rtr sets was the Broadway Limited I believe that was one of first the MSoS sets too. Maybe they'll come out with a LC Milwaukee Special rtr Passenger set.
Are there any other MPC era trains you'd like to replace with LionChief?
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Not MPC era specifically. I would love an LC+ version of the scale size Legacy Pacific Southern Crescent loco offered a few years ago.
I asked Lionel Reps at York in October about the possibility of LC/LC+ "upgrade" kits such as Bachmann's Dummy Upgrade Kit and MTH's PS2 upgrade kit. I was told that it was not going to happen.
Well the first Lionel U36B with Chessie colors and what looks like the Centennial U36 are being released, strangely looking at the photos, they look lower in detail quality than the originals, more toy like, never thought that was possible
Not MPC era specifically. I would love an LC+ version of the scale size Legacy Pacific Southern Crescent loco offered a few years ago.
I don't think there's any way there will ever be scale LC+ steamers. That would run completely contrary to the purpose of the LC+ line of engines. Why not just get the Legacy version (assuming you can find one)?
Are there any other MPC era trains you'd like to replace with LionChief?
I plan to put a few MPC and LTI era Geep shells on some LionChief+ chassis. Among them will be Rio Grande, CP Rail and Milwaukee Road, at least.
Not MPC era specifically. I would love an LC+ version of the scale size Legacy Pacific Southern Crescent loco offered a few years ago.
I don't think there's any way there will ever be scale LC+ steamers. That would run completely contrary to the purpose of the LC+ line of engines. Why not just get the Legacy version (assuming you can find one)?
If I'm not mistaken, the LC+ Camelback is scale and is from the scale tooling of some years ago.
Yeah, and the reason not to get the Legacy version ius null. I already ahve all of them and run them conventional. ButI'd buy LC+.
Not MPC era specifically. I would love an LC+ version of the scale size Legacy Pacific Southern Crescent loco offered a few years ago.
I don't think there's any way there will ever be scale LC+ steamers. That would run completely contrary to the purpose of the LC+ line of engines. Why not just get the Legacy version (assuming you can find one)?
If I'm not mistaken, the LC+ Camelback is scale and is from the scale tooling of some years ago.
They may do a little steam engine like that, but I doubt they'll ever do a large scale steamer like a scale Mikado or larger. That's not the LC market. Lionel wants customers to step up-market if they want to get into more scale stuff.
I wouldn't be surprised if Lionel is doing the Camelbacks with LC just to get a bit more value out of the molds - I don't think they sold very well previously.
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