All, I have been bitten by the vision line bug. (This is only a joke.) The only way that I can get some relief is to look for a vision product! 
Anyway, I have a few questions concerning a vision cattle car.
1. Is only the Pennsylvania version vision, or is the Union Pacific version vision as well?
2. How much should I expect to pay for one? I have seen prices all over the place, both high and low.
3. Is it truly worth a max of $200?
Thank you for your time,
Santa Fe 3751.
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The visionline cattle car is really neat. Although its the size of a 6464 Box Car, it is Pa exclusively. The sounds are loud and clear and very authentic. Its a crowd pleaser and if you run this in a long train, you can turn on the sounds and know exactly where the train is at all times. This and the Billboard car are exceptional values. Go VisionLine and your will be buying great merchandise. Sorry to hear of you health condition. Thanks for this thread.
If you are patient, you'll probably be able to buy one for a lot less than $200, just wait for someone to get bored with it. I got one for half that with a little patience right here in the for-sale forums.
I have this car and would be glad for you to have it, email on the way to You..
Great sounding car, my only personal complaint with it is the electro coupler that sticks out. I don't understand why Lionel put on, on one end only.
Chuck, I have thought of swapping out the coupler to eliminate the EC, it's a feature I never use on the car anyway.
I have three of the older sound stock cars that QSI marketed years ago. They made versions for cattle, horses, sheep and hogs, and the cars work very well. I've had a Lionel TrainSounds stock car at one time, and it wasn't as good, in my opinion, and I've briefly heard the Vision version. I got all three of the QSI cars for less than half of what a Vision car costs, and I don't need to hear a cowboy tell the cows to get out of the car. $200.00?! Cows mooing is cows mooing. While you can vary the volume on the Vision version, and while the Vision version value varies depending on where you buy it, the Vision virtues aren't enough to warrant the price, but that's just my view.
Thank you all for your input. I am interested in purchasing one of these cars (either PRR or UP) if there is one for sale, (email in my profile.) But I have some more questions.
1. Does the Union Pacific stock car have the "get along now" talk and such?
2. Are there electrocouplers on both ends of either car? Edit: answered by Chuck above.
Thank you.
The manual for the UP and the PRR link to the same manual, so I suspect the sound sets are also the same.
gunrunnerjohn posted:The manual for the UP and the PRR link to the same manual, so I suspect the sound sets are also the same.
Thanks John! I will be on the lookout for both. If anyone one has either one for sale, email me at the email in my profile.
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