My brand new 765 is on its way from legacy station. I cant wait until Monday. Did anybody else get their email today.
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No. Not yet... waiting for the phone call.
Where did you order from
My LHS Great Lakes Hobby
Man I wish I had a LHS. I live in florida and don't have any in my area. Im sure you will be getting your call in the next few days.
I was surely surprised to get the call from Legacy Station today! Looks like Christmas comes early this year! Been looking forward to this one.
When you get it, you'll have to use Legacy to check out all the new dialogs from yours truly, the voice of the engineer. I recorded a lot of new phrases for Lionel for this release of the locomotive.
Was "ain't gonna happen" one of them? LOL!
Had a phone message from Legacy Station when I got home. My Pere Marquette 1225 is in. I'll pick it up Saturday. There is a train show here in Atlanta this weekend as well. Looks like the wallet is going to be a little thinner by Monday. At least now I can take the Challenger off of Polar Express passenger service and put it back hauling coal like is is supposed to. Can't wait to see the neighborhood kids reaction to the Polar Express when we have our open house.
Wow, I ordered mine from ABC HOBBYCRAFT, Evansville, Indiana. I hope I get a Call Soon. I liked the first Legacy 765, which was in OGR, THE VIDEO #10, which was on my layout, "LEAPIN Larrys Looney Lines RR....I sold it, yo buy this one with Rich Melvin's new Dialogs, and also Steam/Whistle Effect....Thats What I'm Talkin About! Good Times are Around The Corner...Happy Railroading.
Rich, glad to hear about the additional voice sound files! I hope they use the same sound file for the whistle as was in the previous Legacy 765. That was a great sounding whistle!
I sure hope I get a e-mail soon that mine was shipped! Pleasant surprise to learn they are being delivered> Hmm, maybe the Big Boy will actually be delivered late December?
Originally Posted by TRK:
Rich, glad to hear about the additional voice sound files! I hope they use the same sound file for the whistle as was in the previous Legacy 765. That was a great sounding whistle!
Yes TRK, the 765 has the right whistle sound, as does the 1225 version.
Originally Posted by Railsounds:
Originally Posted by TRK:
Rich, glad to hear about the additional voice sound files! I hope they use the same sound file for the whistle as was in the previous Legacy 765. That was a great sounding whistle!
Yes TRK, the 765 has the right whistle sound, as does the 1225 version.
Great! I was hoping you would resond! Much appreciated!
It will be a great engine. That I have no doubt!
Got a call from Nicholas Smith today and should receive my 765 Berk late next week! Can't wait! It's actually a gift from Santa to my 9 year old son but I'll have fun playing with it too!
Got a call yesterday and an email tracking number from Legacy Station today. Looks like Rich Melvin will be crew talking on Blue Ridge Mountain Monday night!
OK Guys, when you actually get to Place these Iron Horses on the Test Track, post some pictures with the added Mars Lights. This is what made this a most desirable pick in my opinion. This should be interesting. Maybe Eric's Trains will do a Video Demonstration when he gets this engine. Happy Railroading....I hope I get a Call soon, from my dealer.
I got the first 765, what a great engine.
wife wanted the bigboy so I passed on another 765.
oh well.
Eric Trains posted this picture on FB last night. I watched him run it for a little bit on his webcam. I wonder if the crewtalk is engine cab# specific? I heard Rich on the shutdown crewtalk of the engine, but there was not a cab no mentioned as you heard with previous engines that used cab# with the crewtalk.
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Eric needs to post a short video! LOL!
From the looks of the photo it appears the engine is missing lubricator linkage and has over sized lettering on the tender. Whats the deal Lionel I thought this was your "Cadillac" line...
Originally Posted by kjstrains:
Eric Trains posted this picture on FB last night. I watched him run it for a little bit on his webcam. I wonder if the crewtalk is engine cab# specific? I heard Rich on the shutdown crewtalk of the engine, but there was not a cab no mentioned as you heard with previous engines that used cab# with the crewtalk.
Originally Posted by kjstrains:
Eric Trains posted this picture on FB last night. I watched him run it for a little bit on his webcam. I wonder if the crewtalk is engine cab# specific? I heard Rich on the shutdown crewtalk of the engine, but there was not a cab no mentioned as you heard with previous engines that used cab# with the crewtalk.
engine numbers are only mentioned on vision line engines, as of a few years ago.
so with rich re-doing his talk it is probably not in the 765 this time.
Originally Posted by J 611:
From the looks of the photo it appears the engine is missing lubricator linkage and has over sized lettering on the tender. Whats the deal Lionel I thought this was your "Cadillac" line...
To be fair, the previous renditions Lionel did of the 765 and the other Berks didn't have the linkage either.
Rich,
Got to give Marty E credit, you should have use the Aint going to Happen language, some place in the scripting, an OGR classic if I ever heard one!
Every guy & gal on the forum would purchase that Legacy engine just for that audio!
PCRR/Dave
Can anyone (please) provide me with a link to whatever Eric has posted?
Not that I'm chomping at the bit.....
Is it me.....or is the grey part of the two tone paint scheme too light/grey?
Someone mentioned this above but does the lettering on the tender look bigger than what was used on the 2003 TMCC model of the #779 (38050)?
I was hoping that this would look close to the way the 765 appears today. At first glance, this looks a lot like the MTH PS-1 765 that I sold over the summer.
Hmmmmm...........
Originally Posted by Berkshire President:
Is it me.....or is the grey part of the two tone paint scheme too light/grey?
Considering the graphite color in real life is a mixture of linseed oil and graphite wiped on the smokebox, the color always varied between batches of the mix so there is no exact graphite color.
Thanks! Originally Posted by joker34:
My 38050/779 is much more black than grey in the respective areas, as is the first Legacy version of the 765. The catalog picture of this model is almost all black. The real 765 has been predominantly black the past few times she has been in Ohio......so I'm a little concerned/bummed out at the moment.
Originally Posted by SantaFe158:
Originally Posted by Berkshire President:
Is it me.....or is the grey part of the two tone paint scheme too light/grey?
Considering the graphite color in real life is a mixture of linseed oil and graphite wiped on the smokebox, the color always varied between batches of the mix so there is no exact graphite color.
Originally Posted by Berkshire President:
My 38050/779 is much more black than grey in the respective areas, as is the first Legacy version of the 765. The catalog picture of this model is almost all black. The real 765 has been predominantly black the past few times she has been in Ohio......so I'm a little concerned/bummed out at the moment.
Do a google search for NKP 765 and you'll see many different colors on the smokebox in different shots. There is no one exact color as each batch is different. It also tends to lighten up in color as the finish bakes on to the hot metal.
You are correct about the black color though. On the 1897 Baldwin 4-4-0 I work on, we use a mixture of bone black and linseed oil which gives it a black color. Not sure if FWRHS uses that mixture on 765 though, but there are definitely photos of it with a black smokebox.
On the other hand, some locomotives like Pere Marquette 1225 had their smokeboxes insulated and jacketed like the rest of the boiler, so that would obviously make it the color of the rest of the locomotive. 765 is not that way however.
Anxiously awaiting mine to be delivered on Monday from Legacy Station.
This is my first legacy steam engine. Can't wait!!!
Originally Posted by SantaFe158:
Originally Posted by Berkshire President:
My 38050/779 is much more black than grey in the respective areas, as is the first Legacy version of the 765. The catalog picture of this model is almost all black. The real 765 has been predominantly black the past few times she has been in Ohio......so I'm a little concerned/bummed out at the moment.
Do a google search for NKP 765 and you'll see many different colors on the smokebox in different shots. There is no one exact color as each batch is different. It also tends to lighten up in color as the finish bakes on to the hot metal.
You are correct about the black color though. On the 1897 Baldwin 4-4-0 I work on, we use a mixture of bone black and linseed oil which gives it a black color. Not sure if FWRHS uses that mixture on 765 though, but there are definitely photos of it with a black smokebox.
On the other hand, some locomotives like Pere Marquette 1225 had their smokeboxes insulated and jacketed like the rest of the boiler, so that would obviously make it the color of the rest of the locomotive. 765 is not that way however.
Man I hope the pere marquette 1225 is just like the picture shown in the catalog.
Unpacked and fired up my new Legacy PM 1225 today. Fit and finish, sounds, QC, and Legacy operations are all fabulous. The whistle steam is at a moderated (correctly so) intensity relative to the stack smoke. One need only load fluid down the stack to supply the whistle steam feature, as well. The cosmetics are well nigh identical but with a slightly superior casting crispness in places compared to my sample from a dozen years ago. The new tender now fitted with a 'real' coal load. The smoke box front is done in a dark graphite that matches the one on my older TMCC/RS version.
I believe that most all of you are going to love these.
Bob
Originally Posted by Bob Bubeck:
Unpacked and fired up my new Legacy PM 1225 today. Fit and finish, sounds, QC, and Legacy operations are all fabulous. The whistle steam is at a moderated (correctly so) intensity relative to the stack smoke. One need only load fluid down the stack to supply the whistle steam feature, as well. The cosmetics are well nigh identical but with a slightly superior casting crispness in places compared to my sample from a dozen years ago. The new tender now fitted with a 'real' coal load. The smoke box front is done in a dark graphite that matches the one on my older TMCC/RS version.
I believe that most all of you are going to love these.
Bob
Is it two tone grey (see above pic eric trains) or mostly black like the picture in the catalog ? Just to be clear. It sounds like it when you mentioned just the face.
Originally Posted by Ed dt&i:
Originally Posted by Bob Bubeck:
Unpacked and fired up my new Legacy PM 1225 today. Fit and finish, sounds, QC, and Legacy operations are all fabulous. The whistle steam is at a moderated (correctly so) intensity relative to the stack smoke. One need only load fluid down the stack to supply the whistle steam feature, as well. The cosmetics are well nigh identical but with a slightly superior casting crispness in places compared to my sample from a dozen years ago. The new tender now fitted with a 'real' coal load. The smoke box front is done in a dark graphite that matches the one on my older TMCC/RS version.
I believe that most all of you are going to love these.
Bob
Is it two tone grey (see above pic eric trains) or mostly black like the picture in the catalog ? Just to be clear. It sounds like it when you mentioned just the face.
Only the front of the boiler (face) is a dark graphite on the PM Berk in a fashion similar to what is illustrated in the catalog and on the two previous runs of the scale PM 1225. The entire length of the boiler casting including the forward smoke box area is painted engine black. It is not like the 765 NPK Berk pictured above.
Hope this clarifies.
Bob
The UPS man just brought mine. The engine is beautiful. The only thing I don't care for is that the whistle steam and the main stack share the same fill hole. It seems that sometimes when first starting if you blow the whistle the chuff will also chuff through the whistle hole. The sounds on this engine are outstanding.
This thread is useless without VIDEO!
I'm a little surprised that no one has posted a video of theirs running! Normally everyone's trying to be the first to post a video of new product these days! 
