All of my trains that I have purchased, since the 2 Lionel sets my dad bought me in 1965, have been MTH DCS or Williams Conventional, as well as some vintage post-war growlers.
I bought my first "modern" Lionel engine a month ago...it is a Lionel 6-38103 Texas Special F-3 A Powered Locomotive TMCC.
Just finished running it for the first time about 15 mins ago and I was rather surprised.
The motors have that post-war growl I love so much just like the vintage engines from the 1950's, albeit not as loud.
Gone is the loud annoying e-unit buzz, but there is still somewhat of a buzz, but it is very low.
Interesting to see and feel the "magna-traction" on a new loco that has not weakened over the years...on that note, there is a "slow" area in conventional mode where if i do not manually increase the speed on "any" conventional loco (Williams or Lionel), the loco will slow or stop.
What I noticed, is that this new engine with a non-weakened over time "Magna-Traction" actually spun its wheels in this "slow spot" when trying to get moving again.
Although, I do love this engine and cannot wait to run it in TMCC mode, I do feel my Williams engines seem to run better in conventional mode than does this new Lionel.
Thoughts?
