Lionel UP 4-12-2 Greyhound - Sweet Engine!

What model number did you have before?

6-38029 #9000. Looks to be the same tooling.

Well I'm sure if I speed it up bad things would happen, haha

I almost went for the greyhound myself but ended up choosing a more traditional look.

Here's a good shot of all three visible cylinders under a very busy boiler front..

Joe

Sean,

The screws that hold the linkage on, on the last axle in rear seems to be the wrong one. It it too long. It seems it is for linkage that is for two drive rods. I have the black 9000. Is yours that way also. My buddy that has the gray one is that way too.

Yeah I is a little long, not sure if it was a mistake or by design to prevent some binding or something.  I'm gonna wait until they post the parts(usually a couple months after release) and then order a short one and see if it works ok.  I didn't notice it before.

Now I guess someone can actually answer the question, does the Gresley valve gear (not the third piston rod) actually function?

Sean,

Don't think it was by design since my buddy also has the the first one Lionel made.

nice loco, nice floor too! Fred

I have the earlier model and it barely handles O-72 curves and even when it does does not like my layout.  

I wonder how they changed it so it will even stay on 0-48 at all?  They must have changed which axles have flanged drivers and which have blind drivers.  On my previous model Lionel 9000, the wheels on the leading and 5th set of drivers are flanged, the rest blind.  From the video it appears those on the new one are on the 2nd axle and the 5th?  Is this correct?  If so I may have to get one.

>>>On my previous model Lionel 9000, the wheels on the leading and 5th set of drivers are flanged, the rest blind.  From the video it appears those on the new one are on the 2nd axle and the 5th?  Is this correct?<<<<

No different this time, first & fifth.  Running my #9000 around O-72 curves I notice the sixth blind driver is completely off the rail and the rod swings out with the fifth flanged driver taking up extra slack on the long screw attached to the sixth driver. 

Mine runs fine navigating O-72 at any speed.. The problem is over switches. Not good at all..

Joe 

My 9001 is in and I hope to pick it up this week.

I have 072, 081 and 090 curves and Ross switches on my layout so I hope it runs smoothly!

A 9000 in GREY?  I thought they were all freight engines, built at first for the hills, but the drive train was too rigiid.  UP did have a successful 12 drived steamer in the 4-6-6-4's.  nd did the UP convert them from 3 to 2 pston power?

The 9000's never saw the grey hound scheme, they were always black.  But that said it is a nice "fantasy" scheme...I like it.  As for converting them, no they didn't, the UP did convert its 4-10-2s...around 41' or 42'.

Ya know, for a old man like me set in my ways I would never have believed 048 for a monster such as this.

Yet seeing is believing for this engine. I had pretty much sworn off super long wheelbase engines for the reason that sharp curves don't work.

My thinking put aside, I must say I am impressed! It is good to see these engines run instead of sit on shelf.

Sean,

That is one SWEET locomotive.    Enjoy running that locomotive, she isn't meant to be a "SHELF QUEEN".   Killian

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POW/MIA YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN 

I'm amazed this big guy handles the O-48 curves at all... it appears the 6th pair of drivers just BARELY misses making contact with the center rail on those sharp curves!

I can only imagine the radius requirement in O-scale if all 6 pairs of drivers had flanges!!! 

Nice paint scheme for this loco, even though it never existed in the real world.  But I wonder why Lionel used #9000 on both the black Overland Route model as well as the greyhound model.  They could have used different numbers for those who may have been so inclined to double-head them and have different locomotive numbers rather than two #9000's. 

Oh well... just nit-picking I guess.

Enjoy your new locomotive!

David