Those are some nice videos of the 425. Can't wait to see the Fried Green Tomatoes locomotive.
Roof is originally blue, under all that soot, according to these picrures...
Lionels blue looks really close to this photo of the real engine all cleaned up on this turntable. The roof looks to be originally blue, then covered with soot.
Lionel model looks like the repaint on the turntable with the nice black pistons... looks really good...
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Sounds like the whistle for the Reading&Northern 425 is different than the whistle for the NP 2256; so not a generic whistle for the Pacifics?
Laz1957 - great video; was surprised that the tender did not have a backup light; however, the ash pan lights make up for it along with gauge lights.
laz1957 posted:hope you like it. I do, especially the whistle.
But......which one do you like better laz???....... The MTH....... or the Lionel???.....
RickO posted:laz1957 posted:hope you like it. I do, especially the whistle.
But......which one do you like better laz???....... The MTH....... or the Lionel???.....
WOW RICK? Man that is a tough one. Lionel because of the whistle and whistle smoke or maybe MTH with the color and whistle. I'm between a rock and a hard place but what a place to be.
Does anybody know what the A&WP 290's whistle sounds like? I heard that Lionel is doing 290's actual whistle on it.
Not my video, but here's an example:
Super O Bob posted:Roof is originally blue, under all that soot, according to these picrures...
Lionels blue looks really close to this photo of the real engine all cleaned up on this turntable. The roof looks to be originally blue, then covered with soot.
Lionel model looks like the repaint on the turntable with the nice black pistons... looks really good...
I am no expert and my eyes are getting old but when I expand the photo, the roof vent cover in the above picture looks to be painted the same as the smoke box. Doesn't look like soot covered blue to me. Just my opinion.
Well I was not looking at that hatch.
The curved surfaces of the cab you can see the blue showing thru... looks like soot to me.
This is the old scheme... look at the other picture... thats the one lionel model is.
I will go look for some other pics... the other pic kinda looks like blue at the front edge, but its really hard to tell. This cab surface is not as nicely finished as the piston housings that are clearly black painted...
Here you can see the blue top of cab better. That hatch that is propped open is blue and soot covered, but you can see its blue here.
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Talk about soot! The top of boiler and domes are covered in soot here in this pic!
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My 425 is on the way. I would love to see and hear the Halloween version if anyone can post/
turbine posted:My 425 is on the way. I would love to see and hear the Halloween version if anyone can post/
I'd like to hear the same for the Atlanta & West Point #290 as well.
I guess nobody wants the A&WP 290 at this point. ravenhawk6910 and I are the only ones that are interested in it.
Pete, hang on, my A&WP showed up today from Trainworld; will be making a video in a few hours.
RickM46 posted:Pete, hang on, my A&WP showed up today from Trainworld; will be making a video in a few hours.
That's great news! So excited for it.
Hi Kids,
My Pacific Atlanta and West Point 290 from Trainworld showed up today. TW does a great job of double boxing the locomotives with enough padding to protect the original brown factory shipper - first rate! Ordered it the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and got here (Florida) via UPS today, Monday. It arrived in pristine condition in its factory foam - no loose parts - no damage. Well, one minor issue, the micro red lens of one of the tender lanterns was laying in the bottom of the foam box - no worries, crazy glue fixed it.
Tender: no back up light but the lanterns are extremely bright.
Locomotive: blemish free; the side rods are held on with hex bolts and a wrench is included; nice red ash pan lights; cabin light; headlight; gauge lights; standard railsounds and CAB2 functions; the whistle sounds like a duplicate of the Big Boy and FEF3 - very loud; so far, lots of smoke from the whistle and stack - you can see the resistors thru the fill holes; 2 spare tires; smoke fill funnel; smoke dropper; 2 grease ports for the drive gears; no orange memory module.
There is a mystery: included in the box are 2 long black screws in a bag with black rubber spacers.
The video follows; didn't have smoke turned on; short video (pay no never mind to my finger in the lens):
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Sweet pacific!
Been trying to register the VL Niagara and now the Pacific - no dice; the product numbers have not been added to their system.
Sounds are identical to the Southern PS-4 1372, but that's the type of whistle the 290 had.
After watching the videos of the real #290, I feel that the Legacy Blue Comet 833/N&W J whistle is closer in sound than the UP whistle for this model. Oh well. Just my opinion...
grp24 posted:After watching the videos of the real #290, I feel that the Legacy Blue Comet 833/N&W J whistle is closer in sound than the UP whistle for this model. Oh well. Just my opinion...
Honestly, I have to agree the J/Blue Comet whistle does sound more appropriate.
I think Lionel is still selling the replacement Blue Comet Legacy Lite sound board from 2013, so some might be able to do a quick board swap here if the boards are still the same construction.
I got to play with the Halloween Pacific last night - it is neat and I had some fun! Obviously, its a scale fantasy engine - and I like it and applaud Lionel for staying in touch with the light and fun aspect of the hobby for us scale-oriented alleged grownups. I am glad I ordered the cars, although they're not due until next year sometime.
I don't have a Smart phone so video will have to wait. I can tell you the sound clips are numerous and very well done ~ seems like a Dracula voice for the engine crew and spooky voices for the tower com - and there's many different clips - I couldn't count them all. Bell is an excellent rendition of a spooky sounding bell, and whistle is screaming banshee - I think that's what its called. As always, Lionel's RS are the best.
Even w/o the cars the engine looked pretty cool running around my layout.
Mikado 4501 posted:grp24 posted:After watching the videos of the real #290, I feel that the Legacy Blue Comet 833/N&W J whistle is closer in sound than the UP whistle for this model. Oh well. Just my opinion...
Honestly, I have to agree the J/Blue Comet whistle does sound more appropriate.
I think Lionel is still selling the replacement Blue Comet Legacy Lite sound board from 2013, so some might be able to do a quick board swap here if the boards are still the same construction.
Anyone ever replace a sound board? Is soldering involved?
Kallus- I would like to see that. That sounds cool. Dracula is the conductor. Of course he is. Come Sit down Look into my eyes
Have fun.
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There is a mystery: included in the box are 2 long black screws in a bag with black rubber spacers.
Mine came with that and also in that bag was a traditional coupler, which I assume is for switching out the scale coupler for double heading I'm guessing.
Don't remember seeing a bag with the traditional coupler but still scratching my head over the 2 mysterious long screws.
Saw this video on the Blue Comet (Pacific?) by Mike R - good stuff, especially about lubrication and the rubber O ring on the whistle fill:
You can hear the sounds of the Halloween Pacific on Lionel's Facebook page on The Ryan & Dave Show.
Did anyone else get 290?
