MTH UP Turbines have arrived!

They look great. Nice deal. 

I love the big UP turbines.  I have all but the propane turbine, and the new MTH issue is on order, promised to ship next month!  I had the same GTEL and coal turbine models you do: it is a monster that has trouble fitting through some of my tunnels portals, but it smokes really nicely.  I currently have a Lionel Veranda: I had the MTH, too, but took it apart for spare parts when its PS-1 gave the three clanks of death and all - I just needed Veranda and the Lionel is quite nice with its metal body.

Thanks David.

I wanted the Lionel Veranda, but I got such a great deal on all of these it was impossible to say no.  Besides, I probably won't run them very much, my UP steam collection is my real focus.

I am totally new to MTH/Proto-Sounds, so I've been doing a lot of reading. Learning about the 3 clanks of death.   

I just picked up Veranda Turbine 61 off eBay for $300 - a massive locomotive!  I replaced the battery with a BCR and off to the races it went!

I, too, have the #80 coal turbine in proto 1, the propane turbine in proto 2 and just bought the proto 1 veranda turbine at York for $260. All 3 pieces run well and look great.

I do have the Lionel Veranda with the heavy diecast body-another beautiful Union Pacific piece.

I don't run the coal turbine of the GTEL much, just because a) I mostly like UP and ATSF steam, and b) they are just so big . . . I have to move a couple of things near the track, and take off one tunnel portal, for the coal turbine to make it around my mainline loop.  That is a pain to do so it mostly stays on the shelf.  I really like to look and them and just study their differences and similarities to diesels and other UP locos.

Those look very nice.  I have always loved the UP's turbines...just big brutes.

Thanks everyone!

Here are a few more of the Gas Turbine: 

I love the front end view of this engine...

The Propane Turbine:

The Veranda:

The Coal Turbine:

I need to get the BCRs ordered; can't wait to see these beast run.  I couldn't hardly sleep last night thinking about these awesome locomotives pulling huge trains on my new layout.  Need to add a few tracks on the layout for storage also.

For now, they'll sit in boxes (like the rest of my trains) .  I'll do more research and decide how I'm going to upgrade the 3 Proto-Sounds to command control.

I'm so excited to have these in my collection.  

Now that, my friend, is a lot of horsepower!   I also have these guys....and have done rather extensive work on the #5 GTEL to get her looking a lot closer to the Big Overland #30 2 rail GTEL I have.  They all run quite well, although the #5 doesn't like using a BCR...and I had to return her to battery operation.  Got the #26 Proto 2 GTEL when she came out in 2005, and had a fair amount of trouble with it.  If you ever get this locomotive, I'd recommend adding a bunch of weight to the B-unit..enough that it matches the A unit.  Same thing can be done to the #5, and there is plenty of room to add it.  Turn 'em up loud, with lots of smoke...and run 'em hard and fast, for a true UP experience !

UP's big diesels were/are awesome.  I was lucky enough to have seen some of these running and they were really cool to watch.  MTH has made most if not all of them and that is one of the major reasons I decided to get back into O gauge.  Beautiful engines.

Art