Lionel Scale Turbine...

They just did, about 2 months ago. 

If your talking about replacing the ones that came thru with some dampness issues, then no. There are are no reports that Lionel will replace them. They are supposed to send them back to the mfg. to have them fixed, but who knows.

dave

Yeah I assume they would give it a second chance.  Can't imagine anyone buying a rebuilt loco at new retail price.

They are being destroyed from what I've been told.  At least it was my understanding.

I asked Matt at York and he said, at the moment, there were no plans to build a second run.

Don't know anything from Lionel, but I am one of the fortunate ones who was able to hold onto it (671). 

Upon on reading about the problems, I took the time to open the tender, inspect "under the hood" of the engine, and reexamine the literature/styro shell - no signs of corrosion anywhere, and she looks and sounds great pulling my PS-1 express!

I understand the implications of keeping the engine, and I'm fine with the repercussions should anything go wrong because quite frankly, I've got big plans for this engine, which will someday pull a scale set of green 2400 series cars that I plan to have custom painted.

it is truly a shame the way the whole business went about the engine, though...

Me, too.

From a collectible outlook on things it would be interesting to know how many units actually are left? Could the units in private hands be considered rare and valuable down the road a spell?

We can never predict with any real sense of confidence what will happen down the road in terms of value.  In many cases, enthusiasts need to be convinced something is TRULY rare with an upward trending worth, before they think there's value to owning it.

Collectors don't acquire stuff today 'cause they like the stuff.  They largely buy 'cause they see the value has jumped... and they're hoping it will jump even more after THEY buy one too.    For whatever reason, we haven't seen that happen here with the scale Legacy Turbine.  In fact the usual dealers noted for playing pricing games haven't been doing so with this loco, despite the fact that few probably remain in the market at this time.  And by and large, there hasn't been any significant amount of "buzz factor" surrounding this locomotive -- aside the dampness/corrosion issue.

David

Collector's often do buy for the wrong reason but true collectors should buy because they like it...always win in that scenario...despite whether the mass market drives value up or down.

Well guys our disturbitor sent back one skid to lionel and got a good skid in replaciment for them.

 We have two left in stock of the PRR 6200

 All I can say is that these things can pull.

It took me 32 passenger cars befor it boged down.

this is a great puller.

ha,just orderd parts from you yesterday..lol..well about time that pulls better..they proubley got looked at 3rd rails S2 turbine..thats what I have....it got 4 rubber traction tires on there to get the pulling power and alittle added weight too..wanted to hear the whistle on it.. mine mod smoke unit that id done puts out alot more smoke then lionels.......still would like to get my hands on the 6200 lionels...to bad my grandpa isnt alive...he was a big lionel man and had the old postwar 6200 and santa fe...If he saw how far advanced these trains had gotton he would soil his pants..lol

Guys, if you want one, get it and you will be very happy you did.  I am very happy with the one I purchased.  This locomotive runs great, sounds great and the smoke output is off the chart.

Marty is right.  I love mine.  Another point in its favor besides the copious smoke and great running: there aren't that many handsome, good-running steam locos that sound really different.  This is one that does.  That's nice to have.

Overall I don't think that many were damaged and those have been culled from the herd and everyone is paying attention now, so you should not have trouble getting a good one.  

like to see proof of smoke out put off the chart...

Josey, I will do a video this weekend.  It is a very strong smoker out of the box.  The best smoker I own and I have a few engines to compare it to.

because most of the lionels smoke units are pretty lame....a engine like that should really blow smoke like a mad dog..marty i want to hear what the whistle sounds like..

Best way is to go buy one.  I am basically an MTH locomotive owner but have recently put a good roundhouse of Legacy locomotives together.  All of them are great smokers.  If a locomotive does not run and smoke great, I get rid of it.  All the Legacy locomotives I have purchased have been keepers.   I like the Legacy SD-70 locomotives and they also smoke great.  The old days of bad smoking Lionel locomotives has passed.  I only own 2 TMCC locomotives.

When you state Lionels smoke units are pretty lame, you have to be running TMCC or earlier as Legacy locomotives do not fit in that world.  They smoke great.