Lionel Vision

i guess no replies is a big no???

LIONEL`s made three VISION LINE Steam Engines; the first a PENNSYLVANIA SWITCHER had a Swinging Bell, Smoking Whistle and Blow-Down -- the Second was the ATSF 3000 and has a Swinging Bell, Blow-Down and Steam Effect Whistle -- The Third is the CHALLENGER and has a Steam Effect Whistle, DYNAMO Steam and INJECTOR Steam Effect..

and the recent Hudson which has the bell & steam whistle, but doesn't have the steam blowdown from what I've read here...  Is that correct?

I forgot the HUDSON, but that`s right it does not have Blow-Down.

Don't forget the Milwaukee Road S-3...

 

Alan

I know what has been produced...But I would love to see an engine with all these features,  woulden't  you????

No! Enough is enough. Too much "stuff" to give trouble.

Hot Water, I thought "trouble"  was the definition of model trains???  I thought we liked the challenge.

and LOL

If your idea of "liking the challenge", means sending Vision Line or Legacy models back to Lionel for warranty repair, is "the definition of model trains", then you and I strongly disagree! 

 

Lights, exhaust, whistle, and bell sounds is all I really need. I would much prefer correct details.

I really like all the vision line features they add a lot of coolness to the engines.

I think the vision line was just another phase of products that Lionel offered. If you note the term vision line has not been used in the past two catalogs. More or less some of the features offered on the vision line products have found there way into maimstream products.

If you look at page 6-9 of Lionel's 2011 Vol. 2 catalog shows the Vision Line Centipede engine which just got released from Lionel. Not all of the Vision Line features have been into the mainstream products. An example is the genset switchers only the UP & NS have the 3 independent controlled smoke stacks.

 

Paul