Lionel shipping this week

I think everyone can use a huge break.  This past week was brutal for MANY toy/model train enthusiasts! 

Took them a yr to deliver the UP BB caboose-but it's here!

We can only imagine what the packing and shipping operations have been like at all the dealers this week!!!  Wild only begins to describe it... I'm sure. 

86TA355SR posted:

Took them a yr to deliver the UP BB caboose-but it's here!

ya and the last update said Feb 2016.  

this is good news.

Hi CHARLIE,

  Do you have any extras of the VL BB cabooses?  I'm looking for two.

Yes Laz57 call us 

Any updated info on delivery dates for the new 6-82097 Gantry Crane?? Maybe I missed something on the Forum, but I see that the Lionel Shipping Schedule no longer have the Gantry Cranes listed (was listed as December 2015)--- and now no dates ( which I assume means that Lionel shipped to the Distributors to then re-ship to the authorized dealers??

Any info would be appreciated.

Regards,

Carl J

The command control gantry crane 6-82097 is now listed as July 2016 ! As Charlie Brown would say "Arrrrrgggghhhhhh !"

bigdodgetrain posted:

86TA355SR posted:

Took them a yr to deliver the UP BB caboose-but it's here!

ya and the last update said Feb 2016.  this is good news.

Agreed.  I noticed also but was so happy to see it arrive I didn't mention the schedule.

Charlienassau posted:

Yes Laz57 call us 

Thanks CHARLIE, I ordered 2.  Merry CHRISTMAS!!!

To Lionel Grandpa--

Yikes!! July 2016 for the new command control Gantry Crane-- I missed that change (though I see they still have the "Lionel logo version for Dec 2015 still??) So maybe the new Crane Sounds Work House (6-82035)  & the Gantry Crane itself will be shipped together in the same month??

By the way, have you given any thought yet on the "bumpers" for the Gantry Crane as it zips back & forth on the rail yard track?? I ordered 2 sections of the GarGraves gantry crane 5 rail track, and have not figured-out yet how I am going to have the "bumpers" look at the rails end. Maybe just some railway black ties glued-up at each end??

Thanks for the feedback!!

Regards,

Carl J

Carl,

I'm planning on using Fastrack for the Gantry Crane. I saw an article once on how to make fitter sections by cutting Fastrack with a bandsaw and then gluing the track and soldering the electrical connections. I'm hoping I can fabricate two individual rails for the crane. 

As far as the bumpers, Im going to use some G gauge rail stops I have on hand. They are a little large but fit the bill.

Maybe the GG 5 rail track for the crane might work.

Hi Lionel Grandpa,

Thanks for the picture of the rail stop for the wheels of the future release of the Command Control Gantry Crane-- those plus the rail ties are a good way to go!!

thanks!!

Carl J

Charlienassau posted:

Not much but after this week's huge delivery these long awaited cabooses will be here!

682202 UP Big Boy Commemorative CA-4 Caboose

anyone get their caboose?

bigdodgetrain posted:

Charlienassau posted:

Not much but after this week's huge delivery these long awaited cabooses will be here!

682202 UP Big Boy Commemorative CA-4 Caboose

anyone get their caboose?

did theses not ship after all?

Yes, we shipped them out and still are. You may of been contacted if we didn't have your CC info. I didn't post that we received them as to not look like we were boasting as many dealers have not gotten theirs yet.