Lionel's UP Veranda Turbine All Die Cast Engine - WOW!

Moonson, you say your MTH Veranda is number 61?  Mine is numbered 75.... and is PS1.  Is yours a later version, hopefully PS2 or PS3, and what year production?  Mine runs very good, just not as detailed as the Lionel, and not die cast.  I do like running them at the same time, just on different tracks, the Lionel in TMCC and the MTH conventional with the Cab1.  Yes, a very fine looking layout you have, sir.  I will be glad when I can show pics of my layout after I have gotten back to it and with an input of the needed hours.

Jesse     TCA

Steam Guy Steve,      the MTH Union Pacific #80 Coal Turbine is an older PS1 model from the early, early 2000.  The cat number is 20-2214LS, do not know whether MTH or anyone else has produced this model since then.  I did my best to acquire all the various turbines at the time, wishing now I had kept my Big Blow Turbine, but sold to a club member and used the funds to purchase one of the JLC Challengers, so I feel it was well justified, and am quite pleased.

Hope you are able to find one at a very good price.  I do like mine very well, as I do all my turbines... well, all my U.P. motive power!

John and GGG...   How difficult would it be to acquire a Lionel RS for the DD40AX, as Lionel did release one, themselves?  I do not believe ERR has a sound card for the DD40AX sounds, do they, that could go with a TMCC upgrade?  Perhaps I can get this one done, myself, and see about what comes from the idea of TMCC and retaining PS1/QSI sounds.

Jesse     TCA

Did Lionel ever make a DDA40X?

I decided to give mine some time out on the rails

That looks great I love that engine nice layout also. 

John, I don't get to look through all the Lionel catalogs, but did they not make a DD35 or something similar a couple years ago?  I recall seeing them advertised somewhere in both powered and dummy units, and if so, wouldn't the sound used be that of the same type engine arrangement for motive power?   Just thinking.... I know, a dangerous path to go down........ LOL!!

Jesse   TCA

Hi Guys,

Thanks to all for providing me with information on the UP No. 80 coal turbine.  Early, early 2000...my; how time flies!

Steve

texastrain posted:

Steam Guy Steve,      the MTH Union Pacific #80 Coal Turbine is an older PS1 model from the early, early 2000.  The cat number is 20-2214LS, do not know whether MTH or anyone else has produced this model since then. 

John and GGG...   How difficult would it be to acquire a Lionel RS for the DD40AX, as Lionel did release one, themselves?  I do not believe ERR has a sound card for the DD40AX sounds, do they, that could go with a TMCC upgrade?  Perhaps I can get this one done, myself, and see about what comes from the idea of TMCC and retaining PS1/QSI sounds.

Jesse     TCA

 

1.  MTH released a PS2 version of #80 coal turbine model a few years back. Sound and control are of course a big improvement on the PS1 version. I have run both and both smoke like chimneys.

2.  Lionel has not made a DDA40X whereas MTH has made them in PS1 and PS2 (not sure about PS3) and some of the PS1s were in non-UP liveries. The DD35s made by Lionel 2 or 3 years ago are not as impressive as the MTH DDA40X, IMO, either for detailing or operating features. I've always thought Lionel missed a trick by not issuing a DDA40X but then MTH has probably grabbed that piece of the market.

3.  There are DCC sound sets for the DDA40X but as far as I know only MTH has made a 3Rail/AC O scale version.

Hancock, thanks for the information and updates.   I have been out of the "loop" for a few years with working out of town and occupied with construction management for far too long, have a lot of catching up to do.  Now that I retired, when I can, doing my darnest to fill in the voids and see what I can do to upgrade and have all my motive power under one control system..... preferably TMCC.  Good enough for me and what I have invested into.  Again, thanks you for the input.

Jesse     TCA