New Video! MTH Premier N&W J 611

It's very nice!  It will be even better once you get the new cars!!

Nice video, Thank you for posting it. I have one too and am really looking forward to the GGD Powhatan Arrow consist. The only downside is that cheesy PFA. 

Thanks for sharing.  I just took delivery of no. 604 today.  

i was on the last of her trips.What got me was her whistle I have never heard any thing that deep.The train she pulled  was pretty long even for passenger train.I have a early mth rail king 611 it has the american flyer piston type smoke unit.Thats o.k with me.Thats a nice locomotive you have.You have it pull anything you want.

VERY NICE smoke output and chuffing sounds and VERY NICE looking engine, but I still prefer the whistle on my Lionel RS-5 #611 from 2005!

NOTE: My RS-5 whistle even sounds better than the newer Lionel Legacy model J to my ears! 

Beautiful locomotive - thanks for the nice video!

Am curious about the sound of the whistle - did MTH record 611's actual whistle?  

Just watched a couple of Youtubes of 611 running and some sound similar to this model with the very low tone while several others have a much higher pitch from what I'm hearing (old ears). Does Mike's have the 'doppler effect' available?

I'm with Art above in preferring the whistle on the 2005 RS5 version of ours. 

I do prefer the high gloss finish of this new Premiere to ours however...

Loved the kids on the swing at the 1 minute mark.  The engine sounds like a real work horse,

nice start to the video, but you better get some supports under that girder bridge. a real span that long would use a truss bridge . i like the looks of the layout otherwise.-Jim

First off thanks for watching!

1. MTH would release an Excursion Version of the 611 with the "Spirit of Roanoke" written under the cab windows in the new 2016 catalog. Oh well, I guess I can just use a decal on mine if I want. It looks like I'll have to get all 8 of those new passengers cars too along with the complete NS OCS that I already have on order. They should of produced those cars a long time ago when the NKP 765 began the 21st Century Steam Program.

2. MTH was supposed to have recorded the sound of the real 611 but I heard a rumor that it was using a similarly sounding Union Pacific whistle as the original N&W was unavailable for some strange reason.

3. The playground was installed only two days ago.

4. Glad you like the bridge! And yes I will be adding supports once I install the yard tracks underneath but for now it is holding up really well.

Here is the complete track plan.