Lionel 2012 Heritage Units with Pictures; Post Your Pictures

WBC,

Your Santa Fe locomotive is a beauty!

RJL

Here are a few of my new Burlington.  I also have the non powered.  I love the paint and it runs as it should.

 

WBC - We're suckers for a pretty Santa Fe too!

She's a beauty.

 

Marty - your photos aren't visible to us????

Both of those looks awesome ... God i wish i was a millionare lol

That Burlington unit is sharp!

The pictures are not good.  It looks better in person.  I will be picking the Santa Fe on Saturday.  I have become a big SD-70 fan.  MTH or Lionel.  Charles Ro has them all in his showcase.

WBC,
Your SF unit is a beauty.  Thanks for posting the photos.  Enjoy it.

Marty,
That Burlington unit is so sharp.  I'm still thinking about pulling the trigger on one...I want to see the new catalogs first.

While not one of the BNSF heritage units, here is the EMD Demo from the same page of the 2012 Volume 1 catalog. Looks much better in person than the photo shows.

 

 

Of course it is a complete fantasy scheme. However, I have several red/silver warbonnets, blue/yellow yellow bonnets, and zebra striped units, so it is nice to have something that looks a bit different. 

 

Neither am I a millionaire. I limit train purchases to no more than two units a year and the combined cost cannot exceed $800.  These are just limitations I put on myself. With the GP30 and the SD70 this year I have spent $823, so I broke the rule a bit, but no more this year.

 

In the catalog the EMD unit was right with the BNSF units. Very nice looking unit.

My next lay-away is the Northern Pacific!!

I saw the Northern Pacific and it is better looking in person.  Very nice.

Nice pics, but i prefer REAL Heritage units!

I love the real heritiage units also but some of these look great like the SF unit.

Dominic, we all like the real ones.  Unlike some, they are a bit out of my budget. 

If only the Pennsy were viable today.  These two MU'd make an impressive double header.

Picked up the Santa Fe today.  Great looking.

Guys,

 

Very good looking engines!!

 

Marty,

 

Your right we all like the real ones. They're just a little harder to sneak in the house!

 

Mike R

WOW!!! Those are sharp units! I really like the glossy Santa Fe paint!

Quick question for those who picked up these units, when listening to the Railsounds at idle I hear a faint random ticking noise.  Anyone else notice this ?  Is this sound particular to the Railsounds on this engine ?  I had the earlier D&RGW Heritage SD70ACe and dont recall hearing this sound before.

Yes, I heard the same thing. I think it is just part of the sound sets in these engines. I have the EMD demo. 

The "ticking" noise, as you describe it, is the pop off valves on the air tanks preventing the internal pressure from exceeding what the injection molded tanks can handle. this had to be done to ensure your locomotives continued to provide years of reliable revenues to your railroad! as result of the pop off valves it is less likely your loco will need to spend time in the backshop replacing air reservoirs. Mike

Good Day, 

 

Any pictures of the BNSF Frisco Heritage SD70ACe?

 

Regards,

Swafford

Pretty obvious these fantasy heritage units are not too popular; at least with members of the forum. Somebody must have bought them as Lionel made them. If there were not enough pre-orders they would have been dropped.

 

However, I am not sure if BNSF needs a heritage series. I was just by the yards in Seattle. Plenty of blue/yellow bonnets with "Santa Fe" on the hood, red/silver bonnets with "Santa Fe" or "BNSF" on the hoods, BN executive schemes, BN cascade green and black; some with numbers on the hood and others with the BN logo and "Burlington Northern" on the hood, heritage schemes I, II, and III and so on. At least the two predecessor railroads are very well represented. 

I wonder if this is the same noise that the newer Gensets make while they are sitting before drowning out the annoying ticking with railsounds. Apparently, some owners say theirs don't do it even though their videos clearly have the ticking. And Lionel sort of admits it, but points out that the newer Gensets have other features that offset the ticking annoyance.

I'll be getting the Lionel EMD demo for Christmas so I was glad to see a picture of the model as compared to the concept image. Not perfect, but close enough. You can see me with EMD 1202 in my profile picture.