Where'd the Veranda and other Acela photos go?
@HustleMuscle400 posted:Where'd the Veranda and other Acela photos go?
They were removed.
https://ogrforum.com/...7#153322190267255787
Well that's a bummer
Looks like a really fun catalog. I find myself more and more attracted to some of the fantasy paint schemes. Just imagine, a 2-10-10-2 locomotive with warbonnet paint scheme!
Gotta love it!
Don
i am more excited for this catalog than last year
If the Halloween 4-6-0 Camelback comes with a great fantasy sound package, I just may order my first Legacy steam engine.
Thanks for the catalog hints...
I am trying to thin out the stable, however I have to order the Frank Swafford SD70ACe B&O for sure, and the SD70ACe Canadian Pacific and the cabeese.
LC+ K4's and RS3's in the O Gauge line. I'll get a K4.
Any modern diesels besides the SD70ACEs?
Bill
Anything Strasburg (scale, not Traditional)?
@scott.smith posted:Did they get Tom Hanks.."All Aboard, this is the Broken Express."
Scott Smith
Scott you seem bitter.
As for the pictures being deleted, at first I thought it was probably the right thing to do but in reality, they'll just get posted somewhere else. Why drive the traffic away unless Lionel has an issue with it being a sponsor but then they would have to try to have the other forums remove them as well. It's not OGR's or the folks posting the pictures fault that the catalogs are on the streets already.
I remember 1 year Lionel did an awesome job of holding a catalog release that wasn't full of leaks. Now it seems there are just too many holes in that dike to keep plugging.
@Mark Boyce posted:Woah!!! I’ll have to read up on that. Thank you Neal!
Lionel announces voice control of trains! | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum (ogaugerr.com)
@Mark Boyce posted:Woah!!! I’ll have to read up on that. Thank you Neal!
It has more to do with the app than the engines themselves since it's compatible with all the previous Bluetooth engines. Seems the app will "Alexify" your voice and send out the appropriate commands.
Man, I wish I could see the Verandas and Acelas in that catalog.
@Keith L posted:
Thank you for the link, Keith! I certainly missed that one. I'm not surprised the announcement received very mixed reviews here on OGR Forum. 
I did not comment over there to reopen a can of worms. I can see it has value to anyone who wants to embrace it, young or old. It you don't want to use the feature, you don't have to.
@MartyE posted:I suspect it has more to do with the app than the engines themselves since it's compatible with all the previous Bluetooth engines. Seems the app will "Alexify" your command and send out the appropriate commands.
Thank you, Marty. What you said makes sense indeed. It is the app that is communicating with the engine, whether the app takes it's instructions from the touch screen or the mic and voice recognition will be irrelevant to the engine. Referring to the previous topic Keith linked, it doesn't add to the cost of the engine like some would think. I recall when you demonstrated the then new LCS over at Patrick H's house a few years ago. I think a lot of folks are now using it who thought they never would back then.
@Peter Araujo posted:Man, I wish I could see the Verandas and Acelas in that catalog.
I was thinking about a S1 from the previous catalog but since the appearance of the Veranda, that ship will sail without me. Still won't be a pre-order but if it delivers as depicted I'll get one.
@prr4935 posted:Anything Strasburg (scale, not Traditional)?
There's a Strasburg camel back i saw and Strasburg SW8 I heard of but not seen
Here you go: I just made a YT video about Lionel's Voice Control.
Gary 🚂
@Peter Araujo posted:Man, I wish I could see the Verandas and Acelas in that catalog.
Same here but unfortunately I've no option of getting a printed copy. As far as "previews" from other sources go, I think MartyE hit the nail on the head but I'm not going to bash Lionel for creating a little (very temporary) suspense!
@tom21pa posted:There's a Strasburg camel back i saw and Strasburg SW8 I heard of but not seen
Thanks. Was hoping for the rumored scale steamer that is actually on the Strasburg, e.g. #90 or #475. Had my MTH Premier Strasburg 64' Woodsided passenger cars running under the tree this year and look forward to an appropriate motive power someday.
I think there maybe more to the voice control than Howard eluded too. Just my feeling.
Just as I expected so far, allot of fantasy items and very high prices. I used to look forward to this catalog but unfortunately no more.
Dave
@MartyE posted:I think there maybe more to the voice control than Howard eluded too. Just my feeling.
Time will tell.
if the veranda rumor is true i wonder if they will be diecast like the last release or plastic bodied
@david1 posted:Just as I expected so far, allot of fantasy items and very high prices. I used to look forward to this catalog but unfortunately no more.
Dave
Any traditional sized trains?
@paigetrain posted:if the veranda rumor is true i wonder if they will be diecast like the last release or plastic bodied
It said diecast in catalog. Prr, alaska, up, and others with super Bass auxiliary tenders
@Madockawando posted:Any traditional sized trains?
They say RS-3's and K4s in the LionChief Plus 2.0 line!
Jon 
@KOOLjock1 posted:They say RS-3's and K4s in the LionChief Plus 2.0 line!
Jon
thats it no 2.0 sets?
The ACL #1504!!!
I cannot believe it. Finally! I will order that as soon as I can.
@WesternMaryland1201 posted:although having the Acela back is nice, i don't get why they had to make a polar express version, but hey, maybe I just have no soul.
Nice to see a parts source for existing ones. Should allow upgrading
@HustleMuscle400 posted:Where'd the Veranda and other Acela photos go?
You know, I'd actually be substantially tempted by a Veranda Turbine in a General Electric demonstrator scheme, as I am far more interested in these locomotives than I am in the UP, as such.
GE built all the UP's GTELs, and did indeed paint the first GTEL for the UP (UP never owned it, though) in a GE scheme, before it went yellow.
@D500 posted:You know, I'd actually be substantially tempted by a Veranda Turbine in a General Electric demonstrator scheme, as I am far more interested in these locomotives than I am in the UP, as such.
GE built all the UP's GTELs, and did indeed paint the first GTEL for the UP (UP never owned it, though) in a GE scheme, before it went yellow.
Your wallet is safe D. No GE but 6 other fantasy schemes.
Pete
i hope there is plenty of starter sets too
Any other passenger cars in there?
@Norton posted:Your wallet is safe D. No GE but 6 other fantasy schemes.
Pete
A relief. A disappointment. Much like my PRR S-1 6-4-4-6 Pilot version that did not show up in the last catalogue.
But, that Pacemaker L2a Mohawk...aren't there laws against that? And a train to go with it!
And, Lionel - how about a full-valve-geared and can-motored version of your "old" L3a Mohawk? MTH-facilitated or not, that was way before Korea Brass and lawsuits.
I have to say I learned something thanks to the catalog. I had never heard of the Cardinals train. I first thought it said the Cardinal, now an Amtrak train. I saw the red cars and thought is was another fantasy scheme, then discovered the train existed if only for a few weeks. Lionel's version is somewhat accurate even to the cab number on the NYC Pacific. At nearly 2900 bucks for an engine and 7 cars I will be admiring it from a distance.
Pete
I have the catalog. A lot of fantasy items. I don't understand how those items sell. Kids don't care about that stuff any more.
@Slipskull posted:Here is the Mohawk and couple extras
Interesting items, although not seeing anything I’d be down for yet. Anyone else have more pics??? 🧐😅
@eddie g posted:I have the catalog. A lot of fantasy items. I don't understand how those items sell. Kids don't care about that stuff any more.
If they didn't sell they wouldn't make them. Someone is buying them and if I recall Ryan once said they are some of the bigger sellers.
I certainly don't care for many of them but if it helps fund other prototypical projects then I say make 'em.
