Let's see your E9/E8's

I have just three, an A-B-A set that pulls my eight-car City of Los Angeles train.  The A units are the recent Legacy ones.  The B unit is an MTH dummy.  Incredibly, the B unit has the correct road number (949b) to go with the two Lionel A units (#s 949 and 950).

Great match for Lionel and MTH. Lee they look good. Nice Set.

Weaver units upgraded.

I don't know if you can find better looking E-8's than the Premiers that MTH made this year. I think Mr. Muffins Trains may have one or two of these left. These look so good you may tempted to give up on steamers.

Scott Smith

Here are the Lionel Legacy Rock Island

Wouldn't that depend on the railroad being modeled? The UP E8 and E9 units have those "snow shields" over each of the engine cooling systems, on the tops of the carbodies. 

Our K-Line E8s from a couple of years ago. The L&N is a Williams E7

Rock Island.......custom

Weaver SRR

Here are my MTH E8s that were delivered in early January.

Peter

MTH Premier Seaboard E8aba, Citrus Lime paint scheme with Pullman consist..........

Here is the Lionel E-9 AA Set,runs well.

Here are my new Legacy C&O engines.

I have two, both of them several years old.

MTH E8, Milwaukee Road. The paint scheme is correct for an E7, not an E8/E9. The Milwaukee Road had E9's, but no E8's. The cosmetic difference is trivial, something about the headlight bezel or the number boards. The E9's were delivered in UP yellow. They were never painted in either the lightning bolt or Hiawatha paint schemes. However, it's a really nice looking engine despite the incorrect paint job.

Then we have this pair of Weaver engines; I'm not sure if they are supposed to be E8's or E9's. They were originally UP, but some previous owner did a really nice job of redecorating them for Milwaukee Road. They don't match the K-Line passenger cars perfectly but I can live with the difference. You would see this much variation in the prototypes due to sun fading and paint batch variation. These have conventional operation; both units are powered. As I recall there is no sound. One of these days I will upgrade them to TMCC, but it's not a priority. The photo comes out really small on this page; click on it for a better look. 

Very nice, Mr. Caruso...if you ever get dissatisfied with this locomotive, I can help you with that...;-P

I know these are not as fancy as the ones already posted, but these Railking models look good to me. (and cost half as much). they also look better on my small layout.

Kevin,

 Dont discredit your engines, I think they are awesome!!! The sound is the same As the premier units Also. 

Mark

Here are a couple images of my Lionel PRR Legacy E8's from the recent run.  These were shot in our house using some lights, a backdrop, and a reflecting plate I use for my Commercial work.  Since we do not have a layout, I figured I'd shoot some images of our motive power, over the winter.

Shot with a 1DMKIV and 24-70.

Click Images, to see larger file.

 Very nice detail on these Pennsys. The number boards really standout!

MTH Premier Pennsylvania E-8 A-B-A diesel #20-2396-1

Vintage MTH Units. The MTH #20-2396-1 is a Protosound 2 A-B-A diesel set modeled in the classic Brunswick green 5-stripe paint scheme. The set was issued in 2002. Both A units are powered.

My favorite single stripe version shown in the prototype photo attached.

Williams Maine Central with fixed pilots and Kadee's.

The PRR with Kadee coupler and the newly acquired C&O.

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I have have at least one of each of these Legacy diesel pairs new in the box for sale. I can't wait for Lionel to ship the matching passenger cars! We are asking $739.96 shipped for them - the MSRP is $929.99.

As Scott suggested, we have MTH premier new in the box for sale of the NW blue scheme, FEC, SP, UP, and B&O in an E6. 

In in our collection, we run DL&W, Erie, Milwaukee, C&O and NYC, both the grays, and the green in MTH and the Lionel NYC. They are all so terrific. 

What's wrong with this picture?

That's right - we're missing a chassis!    

Anyone have a MTH or Weaver A unit chassis available?  Prefer a powered unit but a dummy would suffice for display...

Heres a set of K-line Jade green E-8's with Premier Penn Central passenger cars.

Awesome pictures!!!!. Makes me want to go out and get a set.

Yes, yes, YES!

I don't have any E9's or E8's.  How about a pair of K9's.

Wow, there are MANY beautiful Pictures of Beautiful Diesels....Thanks for Posting...

Great Thread....

This is the only set I have so far

Here are some pictures of my MTH-Premier Southern E-8's...............Rogerw.

Suweet! I want one of those!

Sure would like to see a picture of a Lionel Seaboard E8 set. Did any body get one?

Joe

I love E-8s. They are my favorite type of diesel engine. I have 3 sets of E-8s: a Pere Marquette A-B-A, a Pennsylvania A-B-A and a Great Northern A-B-B-A. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the GN available.