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@MartyE posted:

Watch the first catalog show.  It will not be a swinging bell.

I actually was watching a video yesterday where someone was talking about the old model, sounds, etc. well, when he went to swing that old bell, not a lot of room to move around. I guess that falls into the fact that it was mimicking the prototype with the air activation, lol.

@MartyE posted:

But they are not.  To the best of my knowledge, none of these are on Legacy engine that are not VL with the exception of Specific Crew talk on earlier releases.

  • Road Number Specific Details
  • Road Number Specific Crew Talk
  • Kinematic Coupler
  • Force Couple.

The Dreyfuss Hudson with PT tender has the kinematic drawbar. Also the J3a Hudson came with it on the PT tenders.

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@Dadified posted:

I was looking at the Lionel Catalog from five years ago and the work they put into the 2020 VisionLine GS-4 seems to showcase much more effort and innovation than either the Hudson or CV version.  Then again, we also used to have roadnumber specific dialogue in Legacy engines instead of the generic sounds that are in all of them nowadays.  Legacy has dialed back, now it appears that VisionLine has too.

I really expected a Post War inspired Hudson with 773 printed under the window.

@Cmontagna posted:

I was able to be part of a round table live stream on Wednesday and the Vanderbilt was a hot topic of conversation along with "what is visionline". My thought has always been it should be a newly tooled model with new innovative features. The Vanderbilt, imho, doesn't fit that bill. From what I've learned it will be on the same chassis as the VL Hudson and the shell will have the ripple effects which would have been on the prototype. No swinging bell on this one and apparently only stack and whistle steam. That doesn't fit the bill of Visionline to me, especially since there are minimal add on details when it comes to a streamlined locomotive.

Perhaps the powers that be will add some extra steam features based on feedback. I mean, the shrouding should allow them to easily pipe steam various places  on the model without the restriction of the boiler.

The ripple effects of the sheet metal are modeled on the 1996 release as well. I’d be willing to bet good money, set side by side, this newest release will be 100% identical to the 96 release. Now, what would be a nice added feature, if they do something nice with the back head details. The 96 model isn’t really that bad, but dimensionally, it’s a little tight, with the back head so close to the back wall……The 96 model is a very good representation of the prototype. I’m glad to see them re-purposing long forgotten molds…….Hopefully they do this model justice, ….it opens up a whole new avenue for them!…..if they get it right, kudos to them,……perhaps the 490 C&O Yellow Belly Hudson could be next??…perfect compliment to all those F19’s they just delivered…….

Pat

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