Lionel Legacy GP9 PRR #7006

I have the other road number which I can't remember right now but it's the same cab # that was at Horseshoe Curve. Great engine, sounds and smoke. What more could you ask for.

Got mine last year. Runs great. Nice sound. No problems. 

I have a Legacy GP9 (not Pennsy) and it is one of the best locomotives on my roster.  It runs and pulls, and all the Legacy features are very enjoyable.  The level of detail is very good.  I would buy another if they made another from my home road, but they only made one number.

The Lionel Pennsylvania GP9 #7006 and 7048 are nice running engines. Be careful removing the engine from the cradle. They do not use ribbons for lifting because of the roof antennae. ( I carefully tilted my engines forward, out of the cradle.) The sounds are good, but the horn has a twang to it (that sounds like a single bell clang) when given a full blast on the 990 Remote.  Soft approaches to the horn do not have the bell clang sound.  Lionel says the sound file for the horn has a "chirp to it", common to the actual horn. 

I have both numbers. for the $$, IMHO it's not worth it.  For a true PRR fan, there are many incorrect details that cannot be fixed because the "crew Talk" will always refer to the original factory road number.

HEre are some of the issure I have with it:

• incorrect "western " gp9 locomotive plate on front of loco- correct for cxb&Q, DRGW, and the other raod names but not the PRR.

• dangling air tanks by the fuel tank. This is unwarranted considering Lionel got it right with the GP7 a few years ago.

• speaking of Fuel tanks, Lionel used the incorrect Phase II fuel tank [shortened side skirts and fuel filler on opposite side of tank] with Phase 1 road numbers. The Fuel filler s/b between the air tanks and the fuel tank, not the fuel tank end underneath the loco cab! [ see pics below]

• Finally as seen above, the PRR trainphone antenna connection was on the front or long hood of the loco. Lionel made their cheapie Trainphone connection incorrectly on the High short hood [see below]
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Well the choice is yours, If the above details don't bother you  for the price that you are paying [ hopefully way under MSRP or BTO pre- order price] and you love the legacy electronics the go for it. If you are paying top dollar, I would say no.

Note : MTH recently came out with similar Railking GP9's. The MTH RK versions have PS3 and the incorrect builders plate and no trainphone antenna, BUT they also don't have crew talk that announces the road number AND the CORRECT fuel tank! For the RK price, you can FIX the minor decrepencies [ add a Cal Scale brass Trainphone antenna, add marker lights, and wipe out the pad printed builders plate] to have a correct PRR GP9 for a more resonable price.

CINCYTRAINS,

    I have a 7048, love it. Great runner and great sounds and smoke. I have mine running with two RS11s and one dummy RS11. 

JohnB

Thanks guys, I appreciate the info..It looks good, so thanks for your time.