New Lionel Heisler Steam Engine Pics & Video

Nice pics and video - thanks for sharing.  You mention having the Lionel (K-Line) 2-truck Shay.  If you get a chance, it would be great to see the Shay and the Heisler side-by-side.  I have the Shay, and can attest it's quite a bit over-sized, so it would be great if the Heisler tooling is a little more accurate.  Better yet, anybody have dimensions of the real thing for us to compare to?

Sean

        Good luck, you got to love the whistle steam effect on such a small engine. A very nice layout too, looks great.

JohnB

THANKS!!!  Nice to see it. Meadow river was here in my area too....so I'd love to have one......enjoy.

Layout looks great Sean, looking forward to seeing some train running. 

I was a bit surprised to hear the Vision Line 700E's whistle on this engine, but I guess it's not too out of place. Nonetheless, the engine looks and sounds excellent. Congrats on receiving it, Sean.

SandJam posted:

Picked up my Lionel Heisler Steam Engine yesterday.  Only bad thing was the price for something so small!  HAHA.  

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Indeed... and to think I nixed plans to purchase a little MTH 0-4-0 earlier this year, because dealers wanted $625 or so for it.    So now we have street prices for this little jewel in the neighborhood of $1100???  WOW!!!  

These Heislers are tempting only because I've never owned one yet, and Lionel's Legacy Railsounds gets two-thumbs up easily here.  Shays (Lionel) and Climaxes (MTH) seem to have more detail and visible gear movement though, which is why I've always been drawn to them over the Heislers.  And I'm also thankful I purchased my logging locos when prices were more reasonable.  The last MTH Climax I purchased (not that long ago) was a super deal from Sidetrack Hobbies at $600 or so.  And I didn't even need to ask... that was just their "sale" price.

The MTH Climax locos once carried an $1,100 MSRP, but MTH dropped the MRSP on the most recent production models down to $900.  Nice to see price movement in the right direction once and awhile.    But leave it to Lionel to push the envelope once again on these Heisler gems to a staggering $1,300 MSRP.  

BTW, excellent craftsmanship on your layout, Sean.  Thanks for sharing the pics and video.  Enjoy your Heisler!  It looks great with those logging disconnects, too.

David

Sean

Enjoy that's a really nice!! and thanks for the video you ahve one heck of a layout.

BTW I love those log-pole pines, dis you make them or but them and if bought, what is the brand

Steve

L.I.TRAIN posted:

Sean

Enjoy that's a really nice!! and thanks for the video you ahve one heck of a layout.

BTW I love those log-pole pines, dis you make them or but them and if bought, what is the brand

Steve

They are made by Grand Central Gems.

http://grandcentralgems.com/

Ye

Rocky Mountaineer posted:

SandJam posted:

Picked up my Lionel Heisler Steam Engine yesterday.  Only bad thing was the price for something so small!  HAHA.  

...

Indeed... and to think I nixed plans to purchase a little MTH 0-4-0 earlier this year, because dealers wanted $625 or so for it.    So now we have street prices for this little jewel in the neighborhood of $1100???  WOW!!!  

These Heislers are tempting only because I've never owned one yet, and Lionel's Legacy Railsounds gets two-thumbs up easily here.  Shays (Lionel) and Climaxes (MTH) seem to have more detail and visible gear movement though, which is why I've always been drawn to them over the Heislers.  And I'm also thankful I purchased my logging locos when prices were more reasonable.  The last MTH Climax I purchased (not that long ago) was a super deal from Sidetrack Hobbies at $600 or so.  And I didn't even need to ask... that was just their "sale" price.

The MTH Climax locos once carried an $1,100 MSRP, but MTH dropped the MRSP on the most recent production models down to $900.  Nice to see price movement in the right direction once and awhile.    But leave it to Lionel to push the envelope once again on these Heisler gems to a staggering $1,300 MSRP.  

BTW, excellent craftsmanship on your layout, Sean.  Thanks for sharing the pics and video.  Enjoy your Heisler!  It looks great with those logging disconnects, too.

David

Yeah I never owned a Heisler and love the detail so I bit the bullet, but the prices are so high now I am only getting 2 engines this year.  The Heisler and the Reading T1.  I want others but its just too much money.  Plus I just got my M4 Memorial Day weekend and I still have to pay off this baby first, HAHA.  So here is some eye candy for you train guys that are car guys too!