"new" Lionel accessories

The coaling tower was released a few years back under item# 6-37912. The catalog illustration of the "new" one makes it appear as though the colors may be different, but thats probably a crapshoot.

Rick O, have you seen that one up close?  Did it look "plasticy" or muted concrete like?  The new one colors looks more gray concrete color which I would be interested in.

rrman posted:

Rick O, have you seen that one up close?  Did it look "plasticy" or muted concrete like?  The new one colors looks more gray concrete color which I would be interested in.

In my opinion it looks muted. But the color is a little too yellow for my taste so I passed on this one a few years ago. If they get the color on the "new" one to match closer to real concrete then I'll grab one. Just not willing to pre order and be disappointed. 

Here I shot pictures of mine. Colors are all flat, tower itself is a beigey  concrete color. I still want to weather mine.

My  apologies, my trainroom lighting is not the best.

 I like it, its one of Lionels better "out of the box" structures. If the new one comes as picured the greys look good.

 Concrete can have a yellowish tinge to it. I think thats the reasoning behind Lionels color choice on the first version.

Is the coaltower static or does it operate?

Thanks Rick for posting pictures.  That structure would certainly attract attention on the layout!

E-Unit, I think tower is static except for lights.  Sure if it was animated, Lionel would make a point of showing what it could do.  Probably the coal chute can be positioned as required to avoid hitting train.