So anybody got these new Mallets? Just wondering how they are working after reading all the issues or not with some of the new engines coming out. Smoke work well? Stuff like that.
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This is the only one I have so far but I'm working on it.
David
David
There was photos and video of the c&o version recently posted, I don't recall there being any issues mentioned. It sounded great, and smoked like crazy.
Yeah, mine is perfect. I run only conventional so did not test some of the Legacy features.
I have a few issues with my Northern (which so far I have straightened out myself) so I checked the Mallet carefully when it arrived a week after. Perfect. Good runner: it runs very well, slowly and smoothly, and the cuirse works well , the lights are good, whistle and bell sound okay to me, etc. Nice detail, and everything works as it should. I tested the whistle steam effect only once: I like the feature but it would fill up my trainroom with smoke if I used it much.
Very distinct sound, different than the Challenger, as it should be given the compound vs. simple cycle, but a more complicated sound than the Northern - clearly there are more cylinders doing something. I was sort of impressed by that.
This loco is perfect but it has a lot of boiler front overhang on curves (I posted pictures in another thread about it, so did others) so i will not run it too often. But its a great loco.
Over the past 15 Lionel locos I bought I am 13 for 15 perfect. The conventional Mogul had some sort of issue stuttering and stalling (I think binding of the gears inside it): it was not electronics in the tender, becuse it would do the same when I switched tenders with the Atlantic while the Atlantic would continue to run as it should with the Mogul tender). Ulimtately I decided not to send the Mogul back for repairs but use it in another project. I might take it apart and try to fix it in the future.
I also had a Legacy U-Boat (UP U-30C) that worked great out of the box and had the very best diesel sound EVER. But the sound card died at about 3/4 hour of run time, and it started sequencing in weird ways. I sent it back yesterday to get fixed. If it matters the last loco i got from Lionel was the DD35 just a week ago or a bit more, and it was perfect, too
I have a few issues with my Northern (which so far I have straightened out myself) so I checked the Mallet carefully when it arrived a week after. Perfect. Good runner: it runs very well, slowly and smoothly, and the cuirse works well , the lights are good, whistle and bell sound okay to me, etc. Nice detail, and everything works as it should. I tested the whistle steam effect only once: I like the feature but it would fill up my trainroom with smoke if I used it much.
Very distinct sound, different than the Challenger, as it should be given the compound vs. simple cycle, but a more complicated sound than the Northern - clearly there are more cylinders doing something. I was sort of impressed by that.
This loco is perfect but it has a lot of boiler front overhang on curves (I posted pictures in another thread about it, so did others) so i will not run it too often. But its a great loco.
Over the past 15 Lionel locos I bought I am 13 for 15 perfect. The conventional Mogul had some sort of issue stuttering and stalling (I think binding of the gears inside it): it was not electronics in the tender, becuse it would do the same when I switched tenders with the Atlantic while the Atlantic would continue to run as it should with the Mogul tender). Ulimtately I decided not to send the Mogul back for repairs but use it in another project. I might take it apart and try to fix it in the future.
I also had a Legacy U-Boat (UP U-30C) that worked great out of the box and had the very best diesel sound EVER. But the sound card died at about 3/4 hour of run time, and it started sequencing in weird ways. I sent it back yesterday to get fixed. If it matters the last loco i got from Lionel was the DD35 just a week ago or a bit more, and it was perfect, too
Here's the video I posted on Youtube of the Wheeling & Lake Erie version from the other threads. I would imagine the N&W version sounds the same.
Didn't MTH make a Rail King 2-6-6-2 at one time. I thought I had one at one time. You never see them on the Bay. Don
Don, RailKing made a USRA 2-8-8-2 and a Y6b.
I have both- the WL&E and the C&O versions from the 1st issues-both have almost the same whistle. The N&W does have a distinctly different whistle. I do remember Captrain having it at the club years ago and I think it had some sort of "hooter" type of whistle.
Regardless of which one you have-the first issue or the Legacy issue-these mallets run excellently.
Regardless of which one you have-the first issue or the Legacy issue-these mallets run excellently.
