Lionel Amtrak F40PH

I have the Lionel #6-82455 Amtrak #364 Ph III F40PH on order, haven't seen it yet.

I ordered the pair. No idea when to expect them. Not sure which Empire Builder they will pull yet. I have two Williams (not WBB) superliner sets, and an MTH premier set.

I ordered a phase 3, a phase 2 and a cabbage.  Planning on reworking Atlas CZ cars into HEP converted cars, or my K-line superliners.  I'm hedging bets that they'll do phase 3 without ditch lights sooner rather than later once they get the first run out.

Cabbage with Atlas horizons and an MTH P42 for power. 

I already have two of the k-line phase III F40's.

Led's in Neutral Position

"Lights on" in reverse position.

How the F40 compares with Atlas O B32-8

I want to see if there are any major decorating differences between the two. I ordered two of the phase II schemes to haul the upcoming Amtrak CZ set that I should have by the end of the month. 

I just ordered the 6-82456 #388 Ph III F40PH from forum sponser Charles Ro.

So far I am holding off on the "cabbage" unpowered unit.

Lionel shows November 2016 shipping and Ro mentioned December.

I am looking forward to seeing this one in person. I wish I was going to York - likely will be at the Lionel booth. Now that I live almost 3,000 miles away, York is just one of those terrific memories!

This will be another well earned birthday to myself!

I think this is an exciting offering from Lionel. I run 2 rail and I have a ton of stuff coming in, including a MTH 2 rail version. So I'm making excuses why I did not order these. They were almost enough, to make me add Legacy right now. If I would have bought the Acela, I would have Legacy already. I had some difficulties running multiple systems and have stalled on adding my three rail loop again.

 All this, and I still have to say that Lionel is keeping things moving in O. I did order some of their cars. I think that it is the right time to be offering scale quality models in Amtrak. The interest seems like it should be high, to me anyways.