Lionel Preamble Express Passenger Set

Yep same here…left the station empty

Daryl

Thanks for posting photos WinstonB. I’m sending my unopened set back. One of the cool features of this set was going to be the passenger figures. It’s a shame.

Figures aside, do you mind posting a photo of an entire side of one of the coaches?  Thanks!

I guess I was lucky because all for of my cars have passengers - 10 to 15 per car.

Don

Here are Don’s photos of passengers. I’m gonna have to open my set up. These look really good!

Well NO LUCK here. Cars are empty. 😡 Thanks Don for giving me a few seconds of hope! Cool Set Box! 👍🏻

It's during the pandemic...

I’ll take the BC cars please! (Before COVID)

It’s a great looking set and nice engine…just kind of a bummer the passengers are MIA.

So some sets had figures and some didn't? I wonder if Lionel will send figures to folks who didn't have them installed? I don't have an issue opening it up and doing it myself if needed. I'm really close to pushing the button on this set, I love bicentennial paint schemes.

I emailed Lionel this morning and they replied that they would send replacement figures.  I’ll post an update once they arrive…

I really have no idea why Lionel stopped including passengers in their high end cars anyways besides a few notables like the Scale Polar Express.  It should just be standard.

@DGuill posted:

I emailed Lionel this morning and they replied that they would send replacement figures.  I’ll post an update once they arrive…

That's great news, I will check and see if my set has figures when it arrives if not I'm emailing Lionel customer service.

Does Lionel have a passenger kit for sale in their product line? Seems like I recall that they did.

@cjack posted:

Does Lionel have a passenger kit for sale in their product line? Seems like I recall that they did.

They do for 21" passenger cars, but at $25 a pop that's a $100 to fill all four cars.

I’m all for getting passengers in my cars but frankly I didn’t buy this set to work on it. I called my dealer and he’s checking on what Lionel’s solution is. I’d like a swap with them covering the freight.

Not to hijack this thread but my Reading cars did not have any people. Did anyone get Reading cars that did? Thanks!

Only specific sets that were listed to have figures should have gotten passengers. The Preamble Express listed figures included, the Lionel 120 - 21” cars listed figures and they came with figures (at least in the set I got).

rgd_fan check the catalog description of your Reading cars.

My Lionel 18" Santa Fe Shadow Line cars had figures (listed to have them) from last year. Granted it's a two pack and not a set. Maybe they ran out of figures at the factory and just started doing it without to get them out the door. If Lionel is going to send me figures I'm fine with that. I do understand some folks don't want to have to open their cars up.