Lionel U-Boat Blowout @ Charles Ro

Great tip, I got the matching one for mine, now I can double-head them.

Gone.

That was fast!

I love Lionel but I'm not buying any more.  I think I'm U-boat jinxed. I bought two U-boats, separately, about four months apart.  Both had bad electronics boards - one went bad after 40 minutes of running and it was my fault but the repair got screwed up, the other was bad out of the box: I put a new board in that Lionel has sent me and it ran for only about ten minutes and failed again.  Maybe its just me or my layout, but no more U-boats.  

 

While they ran, I thought they had the best diesel sound of any model loco I have ever heard.

 

This was one of my favorite pictures, taken during the few minutes the first one ran. Union Pacific Uboat meets UP U-boat.  Maybe my loco died out of embarrassment.

So far my other one has run fine, hopefully this one will too.  I couldn't resist at that price, that's down in the used TMCC locomotive range!

@Lee:

Priceless!

Thats O.K., they will show up on the "for sale forum" for $100 more just like the last time Ro had a blowout. Wish I would have thought about buying stuff up at a steal, then stickin it to my O-guage "buddies" here on the forum.

Wow, maybe I'll just keep it in the box.   Well... no, I actually do really want it to run.

 

It's probably not too late to buy one...

MEA CULPA many times over!!  

 

I looked at the wrong number for the U.P. U-Boat.  They are STILL available at Charlie Ro's site for $275.  Looks like the other road names are there, too.

 

Apologies if someone got messed up with this...!

Fantastic picture, Lee! That's what I call a Yellow Submarine! Can you imagine a Heritage Series sub fleet?

 

"Is that a U boat?" I asked.

"Naw, that's-a-not-a my boat."

 

 

I used to track subs in the Navy, but never detected a Union Pacific U-30-C diesel! 

 

Bill

That's great Lee. Did the u-boat sink or stink?

 

Gerry

I have the one PARR one, so I got it's twin with a different number to run MU.  Legacy makes that easy to do, and it sure looks more impressive to see two engines at the head of a long train.

I got the penn uboat from him at york. It's great.

romiller

Are the schemes of Soo Line, Detroit Edison, and Lake Superior & Ispeming going to be made someday?

 

Andrew

Yep, they are still there.  I just purchased the two N.P. versions.  $10 shipping brought the damage to $280.00/ea shipped.  Good deal IMO.

Can someone share a link? I can't find...

Here's the link to the O-gauge sale items, scroll through until you find the item(s) you're interested in.

 

Here's the page I found the U-Boat on.

 

Thank you John,

Apparently I am a little dumb, I never saw the next page button....sorry...and thanks!

No problem.

That IS a great photo, Lee!

 

Wow ... almost 50% off list, new with warranty. Very tempting.

 

Jim

Even though I already had one I had to buy, it was just such a good deal.

This is a real struggle for me.  This is an awesome deal but money is really tight.  My layout is small (6x12) and I already have enough engines to make things crowded.  If anyone has any links to reviews of this engine and wants to make the decision harder for me, please send them along...  

Hi Eric:

 

Lee Willis's experience notwithstanding, I bought one of these (at a slightly higher price from another big dealer) UP U-Boats and ran it about 5 hours before tearing myself away to go "home" to FL. I was pleasantly surprised at how well this guy ran around on my medium-sized layout (O-45, O-36). Great smoker, great sounds. Maybe I haven't run it enough to have it break.

 

Traveling to Boston next week on business, planning on visiting ... Uh oh, this could be trouble!

 

Bruce

I don't have a link, but I can say for $275 this is one whopper of a good deal!   Name me one other brand new Legacy locomotive that's anywhere near this price!  I liked the PARR one enough to buy the matching unit, even though I already have one.

They are the same ones that Charlie from Nassau Hobbies had at York for $269

Perhaps, but York is long past!

Beware: the PRR U-Boats have two Keystone logos on the Fireman's side, and none on the Engineer's side...factory error. See below, its in the whole run:

 

https://ogrforum.com/d...ent/5512461222414002

Right you are, I'm thinking of finding a suitable decal and fixing that.   I wonder if Lionel is fixing it under warranty?

No They have no decals

 

Gunny

Which begs the question, who would have matching decals?

Fortunately I had a couple among my stock of PRR decals.  But then again, I'm probably somewhat unique in that regard.

 

This is the decal side: 

 

This is the Lionel side:

Like I said, do you know where I can get some.  Pretend I don't have any in my stock.

gunrunnerjohn-good move.  2 diesels are always better than one.  And three is divine.  Run the rear unit backwards in the mu and the decals may not bother you.  Till you figure it out of course.  I run lashups on almost all road runs.  Even diesels with the same sound boards have just enough difference in them to double the fun.  For a neophyte ferroequine audiophile like me.

If I had the money, I'd definitely be getting a PRR one  That's a great deal.  Ah well, I have enough trouble finding time to run what I have

Well, they only had two road numbers in the PARR, so that's all I got.   I do have two identical Legacy Conrail DASH-80's as well, they run nice in an MU consist.

 

Even if the sounds are identical, coming from two locomotives it's bound to sound quite different, and it does.

My Anniversary was this last weekend and I thought for sure I was going to get a coaling tower.  Instead I opened up UP 2918!    My beloved wife has done it again!  I ran it through it's paces and everything seems to work.  I did notice something odd that I need to check out but I think I have a winner!

 

Guys...  sometimes wives *DO* read our wish lists...

One minor disappointment, the rear marker lights don't work!

 

On closer examination, they didn't put markers on the rear!   I'm a bit surprised that there are markers on the front, but not the rear!  There's a nice spot for them, but no lights.

I hate to admit it but I didn't notice that.  Thanks for pointing it out though!

 

I'm wondering if the outputs are there, once this thing is out of warranty, I may add the lights.