Legacy Polar Express Tender with Non Legacy Berk

Someone else purchased the Legacy tender to run with his non Legacy Berk and the Legacy Railsounds did not work. From what he said he expected a quilling whistle and other unique sounds but they did not work.

Ok answered my question.  I wonder if Lionel sells the tender shell separate, I had purchased a tender shell for a berk off of the Lionel site before.  

I had one of the Pere Marquette Legacy tenders that I ran with a 2000 vintage 4-8-2, 6-28058 for a short period of  time.  The only issue that I had was that the reverse light would not stay on. The sounds all worked as they should, chuff, whistle, bell etc.

Steve

Yes, the PE tender shell is item #6911151T07.

Here is the thing though, you would need to look at the frame photos to see if the shell's mounting holes line up with yours...or someone here might know.  The shell is $225 from Lionel.

A possibility to get it cheaper...

Last year Lionel Parts had the open house for forum members and gave them 50% off any parts.  If you were unable to attend, you got 35% off online parts orders.  They announced a date for the open house for this year but I'm not sure if they are doing the discount.  I'm sure we'll find out soon.

With just a shell swap, you will be missing is the Polar Express conductor yelling "all aboard, this is the Polar Express".  You could probably purchase the sound module for the RTR Polar Express conductor car.

Unfortunately Lionel isn't just down the road from me anymore.  I pass by their old building daily.  

From what he said he expected a quilling whistle and other unique sounds but they did not work.

You will not get Legacy features like the quilable whistle but at least for me it worked with the exception of the back up light.

So did the normal whistle work?  What about the chuffing and bell?   Maybe I need to find someone local with that tender to try it out myself.  

So for those that did this, did you just not get the features or did it cause the PE tender to break?

I don't know if I ever realized you were from MI.    I'm sure we've crossed paths at a local show at some point.

I bet you could try any legacy steam tender with your TMCC engine to see if it works, not just the PE one (They all work the same way in most cases I believe).  Maybe see if your LHS (Wild Bills?) would let you try it out.

Yes not too far away, I wish the forum still showed your locations on every post. I had met some great forum members just by looking at where they are located.

As for trying myself, I actually do not have a Legacy locomotive yet. I do have the 990 Legacy command set.  I made a decision that as I build my layout I should at least put in the most advanced setup instead of having to re-do it later on down the road.  

I'm also not sure what the minimum radius is for the tender.  I think it is O54 for the engine.

Yes it is.  I run my scale berks on my layout with O72 and O60 curves.  It will even go though my O48 switches and around my O48 curves in my wye but there is a lot of overhang then.

So did the normal whistle work?  What about the chuffing and bell?   Maybe I need to find someone local with that tender to try it out myself. 

Yes, see my original post. Bell works when the bell button is pushed, whistle when pressed and chuff was 2 chuffs as that is how the loco is wired. The only issue was the back up light, it would come on but go out immediately.

And no tenders were harmed during this experiment.

I just meant that it may be easier to find just a regular Legacy tender locally to try out than to hunt specifically for the PE tender.