Lionel Woodside Halloween Passenger Cars

I got them yesterday. They look super cool with the Halloween Triplex. I'll take some photos and give you short review soon.

@CyrilW posted:

I got them yesterday. They look super cool with the Halloween Triplex. I'll take some photos and give you short review soon.

That will be very much appreciated! Thank you!

Sunrise

They are a great match for the Vision Halloween Triplex from a color and glow-in-the-dark standpoint. These are my first wood coaches, so I don't have a lot to say about the overall fit, finish and appearance. I do think the LED lights are too bright and the color temperature is too "cold". It would have been really cool if they were red or even RGB so we could have picked the interior lighting color. The transoms have green glowing sections too. The ghosts in the windows are nice, but again, I wish there were more or in addition, there were some real passengers. I will probably add some figures.

I do not see the flickering effect, which is supposed to be a feature, so I'll need to contact Lionel to see why the cars are not working correctly. Overall, I'm happy with the purchase and can't wait to get the caboose to complete the set.

@CyrilW posted:

They are a great match for the Vision Halloween Triplex from a color and glow-in-the-dark standpoint. These are my first wood coaches, so I don't have a lot to say about the overall fit, finish and appearance. I do think the LED lights are too bright and "cold". It would have been really cool if they were red or even RGB so we could have picked the interior lighting color. The transoms have green glowing sections too. The ghosts in the windows are nice, but again, I wish there were more or in addition, there were some real passengers. I will probably add some figures.

I do not see any flickering, which is supposed to be a feature, so I'll need to contact Lionel to see why the cars are not working correctly. Overall, I'm happy with the purchase and can't wait to get the caboose to complete the set.

Thanks for the thorough review…I agree the lights do seem really bright  ..a more gloomy interior would work best with those ghostly passengers….beautiful cars.. thanks again!

Anybody else not getting the flicker effect on these cars? I called Lionel and they said the feature may not have made it into production. Waiting to hear back from them. They better tell the dealers because they are listing the the flicker feature in their ads.

in the lionel catalog it say flicker free lighting.

True, but it also says this in the description:

"While we normally tout our "flicker?free" LED lighting, we've added some appropriate flicker and even a glow-in-thedark finish to these cars to make them come "alive" in the dark!"

Also listed in Charles Ro ad.

@CyrilW posted:

True, but it also says this in the description:

"While we normally tout our "flicker?free" LED lighting, we've added some appropriate flicker and even a glow-in-thedark finish to these cars to make them come "alive" in the dark!"

Also listed in Charles Ro ad.

I have them and the Halloween Triplex. While flickering would be an appropriate effect, they do not flicker and the catalog lists them as flicker free LED, which is standard for their passenger cars. The cata log says they flicker and that they are flicker free. So there is a conflict. Charles Ro is I beleive an error. You can ask them. I got mine from Charles Ro and they don't flicker. The cars were a little dissappointing in that the lights were very white and brite, not spooky. A better choice would have been a purple, red, orange or green LED. Or even better, the Halloeen Trolley effect of constantly changing Halloween LED lighting. The ghost silhouettes are sparce and lose their effect against the brite lights. Hollowgraphic spectors would have been even better.

@CyrilW posted:

The cars are beautiful, except for the lighting, as you pointed out. But I would like to know how you got your locomotive and cars to glow so well? I bought a UV blacklight flashlight for just that purpose and I can shine it a long time on them but they barely glow.

Hey Dave. I have a couple 50 watt UV LED panels close to the track and run the train by them slowly to charge up the glow-in-the-dark effect. The effect looks a lot better in the photo than it does in person. It's not nearly as dramatic. Also, the panels get very hot. I think I'd start a fire if I left them on for too long. Take a photo of yours and see if you experience the same.

Wonder how hard it would be to replace the white interior LEDs with a different color or RGB LEDs that allow me to change the color.

@CyrilW posted:

Hey Dave. I have a couple 50 watt UV LED panels close to the track and run the train by them slowly to charge up the glow-in-the-dark effect. The effect looks a lot better in the photo than it does in person. It's not nearly as dramatic. Also, the panels get very hot. I think I'd start a fire if I left them on for too long. Take a photo of yours and see if you experience the same.

Wonder how hard it would be to replace the white interior LEDs with a different color or RGB LEDs that allow me to change the color.

Yes, my flashlight warned not to leave it on too long. Otherwise it would get very hot and shorten the bulb life. I don’t know about replacing the bulbs in the cars but it’s worth looking into.

@Dave 69 GTEL posted:

Yes, my flashlight warned not to leave it on too long. Otherwise it would get very hot and shorten the bulb life. I don’t know about replacing the bulbs in the cars but it’s worth looking into.

what about painting over the bulbs with a translucent purple paint or using a colored marker to change the color, or just covering up some of the LEDs

I heard that if you don't clean your track at all the flicker effect is more pronounced...