LCCA Switcher Pair WOW!!!

Those look really nice Johnny. But next go-around from LCCA or Lionel, Those really nice engines need a real prototype paint scheme. Some suggestions would be early CB&Q, Union Pacific and Belt railway of Chicago. These had Cow & Calf pairs.

 Again the Decade switcher looks great, but is going to have a way too modern paint scheme for this 'old' looking engine. I am really Jazzed about the operating coal ramp and Tinplate set!

WOW. Fantasy paint scheme or not I'm in for one of those!

Blomberg trucks on an NW2???

Hmmm.

Andre

All I can say is BEAUTIFUL!  Who cares that paint scheme is not prototypical, it is Texas Special and great looking.  Can't wait until I can order one of these sets. 

TEX

Steve

Lionel has done this since the mid '50s on the stamped frame models.

A Cow and Calf set? AWESOME!

How much? and where to order them?

Lee, you need to be an LCCA member... and their stuff is typically available online through their website or through printed order forms if you prefer faxing or U.S. mail.

That's one sweet pair of cow/calf combo.  I don't have any Texas Special equipment (yet), but that paint scheme looks STUNNING on the cow and calf set... enough so that I'll confess I'm tempted to purchase the set too!!!

David

Yep, I am in for the set

Um... This is the way it should be displayed.

Rusty

Lionel has done this since the mid '50s on the stamped frame models.

But this appears to be the die cast frame. So why the change now?

I'm in for a set.  Louie is killing me here.

According to the LCCA magazine:

quote:

It will have GEEP die-cast trucks since the original truck tooling was lost.

I think the engine looks very sharp. For some reason it looks better to me in the LCCA magazine than it does in the pictures on this thread.

yes that is what your seeing. the club had to pay for the cost of a new die cast frame tool as it was destroyed. believe it or not the same thing happened to the die cast trucks. it was not worth the thousands of dollars to make the truck tools. so yes the decision was made to use a different style truck. had this been built as a 100% scale down to the rivet locomotive it would have been different. these are toy trains to enjoy.

thanks

louie

the tool was destroyed. please read my response to other forum members. i did mention in our magazine the lion roars about the original truck tooling being gone

regards

louie

Lou,

Slightly off topic, should we have received the February 2012 issue of The Lion Roars by now?

The last issue I have is the December 2011 issue, and I didn't see a comment by you regarding truck tooling, or a photo like C W Burfle mentioned, and on another thread someone mentioned their layout was in the February issue. Thanks.

I just received my February issue of the Lion Roars and all is mentioned in the issue. Including the Ice Cold Express. Nice write up but no mention of all the horror stories about damaged sets.

Skip

skip, thanks for the info. My copy is hopefully in the mail.

Do you have to be a member of the LCCA to attend the Norfolk show or is it open to the public?  I'm not a member (yet) but it'll be right across the river from me .

some guys have problems and others have none. go figure. the set we tested was fine. my buddy had to take his loco and caboose apart as they were hurting due to poor assembly.

thanks

louie

I got on board as a new member with the LCCA last week. Not sure if I'll get a Febuary issue of The Lione Roars yet?   I hope so.

Sorry my friend you must be a member to take advantage of ALL the benefits. you can attend the trading hall SATURDAY. we ask for a donation that is given to a local charity or childrens hospital. members get into the trading hall a day earlier. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PURCHASE ANY CONVENTION ltd. edition goodies unless you are a member.

regards

louie

if not contact me.

thanks

lou caponi

OK. Thanks Lou.

Thanks Lou!  I have a LCCA Virginia Chemicals tank car from the 1984(?) meet the LCCA had in Norfolk.

Bob-Go to lionelcollectors.org and check it out.  You won't want to miss this deal, in your backyard.

Chris, I recently joined LCCA too, and it appears they keep an online archive of "The Lion Roars" on their website -- although I don't know exactly when the current issue gets added to the archive.  The most recent one there is the December 2011 edition, so keep an eye there as well.

David

It's my personal opinion,but,I think that the LCCA is one of the better,if not the best,

train club to have a membership with.  It is certainly the most personable and communicative.

Norm

Lou:

These are a real winner. This is a very good reason to belong to the LCCA. I got my Lions Roar magazine on Tuesday and saw these beautiful switchers. Count me in for a set.

LCCA 622 swicher will have the following:die cast metal frame,original style hand rails,bloomberg trucks as the original truck tool was destroyed,operating couplers on cow and calf, headlight cow and calf, authentic marker lights,smoke arrestors on both cow and calf,dual stack smoke on cowl unit,horn,diesel sound,bell,brake sounds,and crew talk,scale windshield wipers on both front and rear of cab,tinted cab glass,window vent shades,radiator tarp cover,chrome radio wheel,ornamental bell, new front wheel drive with flywheel assembly, new composition rubber tires and additional weight. not a bad deal!

any day now. got mine this afternoon

OK David I'll check that out.    Thank you.

my buddy Ron. WITH ALL YOUR MONEY DOES PRICE REALLY MATTER? LOL

REGARDS

LOUIE

So this must have happened fairly recently, as Lionel has run switchers with the correct trucks not so long ago.  Are the Chinese manufacturers getting careless with these tools?  It would seem that they would be liable for the cost of replacements.  Personally I think the Blombergs look out of place on that switcher.  Kind of like seeing them on a Alco diesel.  Oh well.

John

just so you know i did some reasearch. many railroads in an effort to save money did convert some of these loco's to bloomberg trucks. if they had a geep unit that was in a bad way and had say a NW with bad trucks it saved the RR lots of money to use what they had. do some reasearch and you'll see.

thanks

louie

ps i said if this was going to be a 100% scale down to the rivet model I would have made it a point to put oem trucks on it. we have a TOY TRAIN here.

Besides, if this WAS a 100% scaled down to the rivet model, it wouldn't have this (very, very nice) fantasy paint scheme!

Rusty

Did some rivet counter come up with the stupid term "fantasy" when it comes to trains.  I can see the Alien train or some futuristic set fit into the term fantasy, but not a this set. 

To release a beautiful locomotive which, as I see it, represents a famous railroad name should come under a better term of "legacy", "heritage", or "in honor of".  Like Lou stated, we are PLAYING with TOY TRAINS for gosh sakes.

This Texas Special locomotive set is a real eye catcher, something I want when I have guest's over to see and run on my layout.  These are the trains they are going to remember.

TEX

Steve