Does anyone yet have the new Lion Chief + Camelback and if so, how do you like it? Any problems?
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Yes - they are all here..... we have an Erie on the layout and have had our guests running it for the past week or so..... These are terrific engines and I believe Lionel reused the tooling for the Camelbacks they made previously at a much higher price.
The sound and smoke is amazing for such a small engine. Front marker lights and operating rear coupler. I have another thread on the forum with pictures and video.
Here's the thread: https://ogrforum.com/t...arive-at-the-muffins
The new Lionel camelback is a great running locomotive.For a steamer in that price range the detail and painting is excellent.The sound is very nice and the smoke unit puts out a lot of smoke.The remote unit is simple to use.Operation in conventional mode is also good.For Lionchief plus operation your transformer must put out 18 volts as the instructions say.I ran the camel back with 7 scale box cars and a caboose and it pulled them easily.
Just bought the Lackawanna. This engine is all die cast. It runs and smokes great.
This is one great loco, I don't think you would be disappointed. Great price also.
One ran for days at LCCA Convention last week.
Tom
My Lackawanna arrived last week, the smoke output is like a chimney in overdrive. It has a rear headlight housing on the tender, but no headlight. These are worth the money, I bought mine from pats trains at a amazing price.
I am a You Tube Junkie and in the past two weeks, these public videos have been published on You Tube. They both do an excellent demo about the LionChief Camelback.
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DL&W Pete posted:My Lackawanna arrived last week, the smoke output is like a chimney in overdrive. It has a rear headlight housing on the tender, but no headlight. These are worth the money, I bought mine from pats trains at a amazing price.
Just resurrecting this post since I just acquired an LC+ Camelback, and have a question regarding the rear headlight on the tender mentioned above.
Does anyone know if what appears to be a rear headlight lights up when engine is in reverse? Mine does not.
I think that what DL&W Pete says above is the same thing. Arnold
Arnold D. Cribari posted:DL&W Pete posted:My Lackawanna arrived last week, the smoke output is like a chimney in overdrive. It has a rear headlight housing on the tender, but no headlight. These are worth the money, I bought mine from pats trains at a amazing price.Just resurrecting this post since I just acquired an LC+ Camelback, and have a question regarding the rear headlight on the tender mentioned above.
Does anyone know if what appears to be a rear headlight lights up when engine is in reverse? Mine does not.
I think that what DL&W Pete says above is the same thing. Arnold
The listed features on the instruction booklet is silent regarding the rear headlight. I think it would say it has an operating rear headlight on the tender if it had one.
