Lionel Acela (Video/Pictures)

It breaks my brain when I think about how much tooling/processes go into making something like a seat with a head rest...then send it down the track at somebody's house! Pretty awesome. It looks like a great piece!

How fast have you dared to go?

@BillYo414 posted:

How fast have you dared to go?

Honestly, I've taken it up to 180 on the Legacy Remote and only around the sections where if something did go badly it would still be on the table, otherwise 165 is the max.  The layout is a multi-year experiment and our future forever home will be selected in mind for a much larger train layout.

I've taken a couple more pictures to show the car leaning on an O72 curve and some more pictures of the interior end and lights if you open a door (step light and red roof light).

- Jeff

@jeffdoo posted:

Everyone,

I have attached a few videos and pictures of the Acela, this is just the base set as the additional cars have yet to ship.

One of the surprises, to me, are the clear doors at the end of the passenger cars (will have to look at them more closely later).  As for the front (2021) engine, the cover was already broken when I removed it from the wrapping which hopefully I can get serviced by Lionel shortly.

Enjoy!

- Jeff

the videos aren't playing for me for some reason.

is the engineer female on this version

i know its female on the santa fe one

The Acela has clear glass sliding doors between the cars that open automatically.  I assume that’s what they were going for with the clear panels.

Nice pictures.   Enjoy hour Acela.  

Videos aren’t playing.

@paigetrain posted:

the videos aren't playing for me for some reason.

is the engineer female on this version

i know its female on the santa fe one

The videos are taken straight from my iPhone and are .mov files ....  They play perfectly fine for me with Windows 11.

As for the engineer, both the front and rear units appear to have the same male figurine.

- Jeff

The videos played fine for me.  I am running Windows 10 Professional.

That's really neat how the cars lean - I thought that feature was omitted on the new sets?

Thanks for posting!

vids won't run in window 10 = please fix = looks interesting = thanks

@jeffdoo posted:

The videos are taken straight from my iPhone and are .mov files ....  They play perfectly fine for me with Windows 11.

As for the engineer, both the front and rear units appear to have the same male figurine.

- Jeff

sorry

what i meant was the engineer dialogue because the santa fe version has a female engineer that sounds like maybe Meagan did the voice

i was wondering did all the versions have the same character which i call Fenix Starr

i have windows 10 so yeah i guess i can't see the videos

Looks awesome - Thx for posting

No videos here also - iPhone 12

What was broken on delivery?  On the fence about ordering one but not in a mood for $2500 and broken upon arrival.  I had canceled my preorder based on multiple Lionel items arriving DOA or scratched and damaged.

The video takes a while to start but it worked. Nice set, enjoy.

This particular machine is running Windows 7 and Chrome Version 99.0.4844.82, no problem playing the videos, they started playing within 1 second of clicking them.

---PCJ

Nice!  While my iPhone didn't want to play the videos my work PC running Windows 7 played them fine.  I really like the set.  I hope Lionel can get your problem with the cover solved!

Can we get some videos of the sounds?  I'd be interested to see if they kept the original real sounds.

Couple of difference I noted between this and my original.

1. Sounds seems different.  I ride the Acela all the time, so they are ingrained in my head.  When I heard my original it was like the real thing. Real recordings.  From what I heard in the video; it did not sound like it.  Can we get a video of all the sounds?

2.  Could be your camera's close up, but the paint seems to have a lot of metallic flake in it.  Mine is a more solid silver which matches the real train.

3.  How far apart are the cars?  They seemed to have a bigger gap between them.  Can we see the couplers?

4.  The real train DOES have glass doors, so that is more accurate/correct than my original which was just white plastic.

It all looks great, just want to see if they kept the original sound set.  Because it was perfect.

Windows 10 - works for me.

Thanks for sharing

Windows 10   plays perfect as soon as I click.  Thanks for the videos - can't wait to get mine. JP

The videos show zero time when pulled up!

Ron

Same.... video shows zero time

Videos don’t work on the phone, use your computer.  Not that impressed myself,  but I hope you enjoy it for all that dough.

@VistaDomeScott posted:

What was broken on delivery?  On the fence about ordering one but not in a mood for $2500 and broken upon arrival.  I had canceled my preorder based on multiple Lionel items arriving DOA or scratched and damaged.

Yes, it was broken on delivery; problems with the covers on both engines but the "front" engine wasn't even attached since the tabs were broken.  See separate thread here.

- Jeff

@Sean's Train Depot posted:

1. Sounds seems different.  I ride the Acela all the time, so they are ingrained in my head.  When I heard my original it was like the real thing. Real recordings.  From what I heard in the video; it did not sound like it.  Can we get a video of all the sounds?

Let me get back to you on that....

2.  Could be your camera's close up, but the paint seems to have a lot of metallic flake in it.  Mine is a more solid silver which matches the real train.

3.  How far apart are the cars?  They seemed to have a bigger gap between them.  Can we see the couplers?

4.  The real train DOES have glass doors, so that is more accurate/correct than my original which was just white plastic.

I have attached photos taken with my regular camera instead of my iPhone to try and answer your questions...

The separation of the vestibule is ~3/16" and the separation from car-to-car is ~5/8" (don't have a picture of me holding the ruler trying to measure).  As for the paint it does sparkle depending upon how the light reflects.  Finally all the windows and doors are plastic and the doors between the cars do not function (at least the ones I checked).

- Jeff

@paigetrain posted:

sorry

what i meant was the engineer dialogue because the santa fe version has a female engineer that sounds like maybe Meagan did the voice

Sorry, a complete misunderstanding there... The Engineer voice is indeed female.

Dialog file contains "at rest" and then "running @ ~3 steps on the remote"; the tower talk button is now a randomly select crew talk.  The "medium running" is just that to show Aux1,2 reports the "speed" and finally "simply running" is just that.

The overhead pantograph sounds can be turned off according to the manual but I did not try....

Jeffdoo

I trust Lionel will take care of this.  All of my issues with Lionel quality were repaired, replaced, or in the case of the Pennsy S-1 returned.   Lionel service in my experience has been tough to reach at best but once in the pipeline they take care of it in a few months.

Nice train though.   I just have lost the energy to spend thousands and have out of the box hassle. 

The real question is who will be the first to post a youtube video? Erics Trains? RBP? Trainworld? Can’t wait to see it!

@jeffdoo posted:

Sorry, a complete misunderstanding there... The Engineer voice is indeed female.

In light of everyone having problems with the video (.mov files) I have opt'd to attach a couple audio recordings instead, again from my iPhone (so these are .m4a).

Dialog file contains "at rest" and then "running @ ~3 steps on the remote"; the tower talk button is now a randomly select crew talk.  The "medium running" is just that to show Aux1,2 reports the "speed" and finally "simply running" is just that.

The overhead pantograph sounds can be turned off according to the manual but I did not try....

- Jeff

Man i'm getting major Fenix Transport vibes from this! Now i'm really sad i couldn't get the santa fe or polar one as my layout plan has a high speed line

i wish i had cash and im very jealous of those who got an acela

the female crew talk would be perfect for my scenarios as i have a character named Fenix Starr who drives high speed trains like this. i made this meme to show my sadness

@Sean's Train Depot posted:

2.  Could be your camera's close up, but the paint seems to have a lot of metallic flake in it.  Mine is a more solid silver which matches the real train.

Riding the Acela a lot too for work, I was curious about the metallic paint. Thankfully working close to Union Station and checked out the actual set Lionel made a model of (Cab Cars 2021 & 2024). In the shade and overcast day like today in DC, you can actually see they are actually pretty close to the metallic flake that Lionel used. I suppose 20 years of baking in the sun, seeing them in the direct sunlight it looks more like the flat gray (like on the roof of the first picture or the TMCC model).

Everyone,

(Sorry... posted this on the wrong thread, wasn't paying attention)

Just an update the engines were "shipped" (dropped off at the Concord FedEx distribution center) Friday (4/1) last week.  FedEx showed them as being delivered Monday (4/4) and Lionel sent an eMail update on Tuesday (4/5) they had arrived. No other communication has occurred.

I also opened an RA on my remote which was dropped off at the same time and it was fixed and arrived today (very happy with the results)!  Therefore, the fastest turnaround time you should ever expect is one week (FedEx delivery, Lionel Reception, Repair/Fix, Lionel Package/ship, FedEx delivery) if you are local.

Finally, still waiting on the expansion set from Charles Ro.  I will probably reach out Monday next week to see what's up since many of the reviewers (ie; Eric, RBP (PE), etc) have already received their sets.

- Jeff

Anyone figure out if you can announce the specific stations? (DC, Phila, NYC, Boston) I thought on demos with Dave, he said it would? I have the bistro car, but can only get "Next stop".

Fun set overall.

Anyone figure out if you can announce the specific stations? (DC, Phila, NYC, Boston) I thought on demos with Dave, he said it would? I have the bistro car, but can only get "Next stop".

It doesn’t say anything in the manual on specific stations, I recall him saying  “Sound effects of an entire trip from departure to destination”. could this be a case of the Mandela Effect?LOL

I haven’t used the  Aux 1 hold for 3sec  with the cafe automatic  sequence control, where  the horn signals, bell and radio chatter automatically with the engine  it works as well for the cafe car. It could be in the random cafe sound car  "next stop" announcement  within  sequence control.

@Zigmont posted:

It doesn’t say anything in the manual on specific stations, I recall him saying  “Sound effects of an entire trip from departure to destination”. could this be a case of the Mandela Effect?LOL

I went back and rewatched. Dave just said sounds “specific to Amtrak” and my brain filled in details that didn't exist. Almost like the Mandela effect.  

Could not get the videos to play either.  I tired another  fellows post of his layout in operation and also done with an I phone video and it worked.  The audio recordings worked just fine though.