A while back there was a topic on the forum asking if it influenced your purchases. Well my answer is yes. After all the discussions & photos about the restoration of the 611 you guys have hooked me. I ordered the engine & auxiliary water tender.
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Spence,
Good for you! I take it this is the Premier with the auxilliary water tank. I look forward to seeing one. I have loved the N&W J ever since I saw the 611 in Roanoke over 25 years ago. I saw the 1218 run, but never the 611. I just got to see it at the museum.
A couple of weeks ago, I ordered the Imperial J 611. My space and budget won't permit the Premier. Lo and behold, my friendly Forum sponsor told me he had a #611 Imperial from the 2014 run left in stock. So I took delivery on it. Alas, it is the first MTH or Lionel locomotive I have had a problem with. I detailed all that in another Forum Topic in the DCS folder. So after talking with MTH Service today, I just shipped it to them at lunch time. Not to worry, I have enough locomotives to run in the meantime, and I'm sure it will be a treat when it comes back.
Spence, when I started the thread you are referring to, my guess was that the Forum does influence our purchases, at least for most of us. The responses proved me correct. So you are in good company. If it didn't, we would not have many advertisers.
quote:I take it this is the Premier with the auxilliary water tank.
It should be pretty obvious that the item pictured is the RailKing version.
Spence.....I'm excited and may pull the plug, too....you can't beat owning something that you can actually see operate and ride behind! (RailKing, too)
Peter
The N&W J is always a good looking engine.
Spence,
Enjoy your J. 
I have a Railking that dates before Proto 1. It is conventional only without sound. I have considered adding protosounds or TMCC but haven't pulled the trigger yet. With my J, I pull a Williams 16 inch aluminum set with colored in people in the windows. Another oldie but goodie. I love the set and enjoy running it. Hope you enjoy your set as much as I enjoy mine. 
MTH has done a good job with their Imperial line. I had the MT-1105 version of this engine and it was a very good puller. Scale-wise, it looks better when you put it in front of 18" Premier cars.
I divested myself of the RailKing/Premier consist in favor of the next generation Premier locomotive and the 3rd Rail cars. Waiting patiently...
Peter, the Premier will run fine on your 054! You're very welcome to borrow my 604 if you'd like to take it for a test run before ordering yours 
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After seeing 611 w/ my daughter a bunch of times in the last few weeks, I too went & ordered the Railking 611, water tender & passenger cars. Thought it would be a nice way to recreate a memory for us
I want to get a set of cars too, but I have to budget them for later.
I think Mark Boyce asked about the possibility of an LC+ N&W J. That's the one I would spring for!
I don't like the passenger cars that MTH are advertising in the new catalog so I'm going to have to find something to run with the engine. I've got plenty of freight cars so I could always run them.
I think Mark Boyce asked about the possibility of an LC+ N&W J. That's the one I would spring for!
Now that you mention it, I think I did say that on a topic about possibilities for future LC+ engines. I wouldn't hold my breath on Lionel listening to what I said however! ;-)
I think Mark Boyce asked about the possibility of an LC+ N&W J. That's the one I would spring for!
Now that you mention it, I think I did say that on a topic about possibilities for future LC+ engines. I wouldn't hold my breath on Lionel listening to what I said however! ;-)
It would also be an excellent LionMaster candidate.
Awesome spence! Any plans to weather it?
You don't weather J's, even though Lionel did in their Warhorse series years ago. Norfolk & Western kept their J's clean with a bright shine. They were always show ready in their appearance. Note reflectiveness of the black paint--they all looked that way.
Scott Smith
Yes they were clean and shiny in their glory years. But not during their last days so the Lionel weathered freight set did happen.
check Stout 06-13-2015 item 235 ( aluminum)
18 in lionel 29182, may already be to rich for ya
check Stout 06-13-2015 item 235 ( aluminum)
18 in lionel 29182, may already be to rich for ya
Terry,
That certainly looks like a possibility!
Thank you!
N&W J ………LC+, LC+, LC+, LC+………..N&W J……….LC+,LC+,LC+,LC+
HEY LIONEL - ARE YOU LISTENING, OR, ARE YOU READING THIS? THERE WILL BE A MARKET FOR THIS!
Yes they were clean and shiny in their glory years. But not during their last days so the Lionel weathered freight set did happen.
The 600 J on the way to the scrapper's torch looked better than the weathered Lionel version. Dust it up a little if you want but I wouldn't suggest going overboard...
Even the 611 wore a doghouse on the tender at the very end of it's revenue days...
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