O Gauge Railroading Is Participating at the Annual Lionel Red Carpet Sale in Concord, NC

Lionel’s Saturday March 22 Red Carpet Event

 

Sometimes, the best vacations are the ones planned at the last minute.  You can make a serendipitous trip to Concord NC to visit the Lionel Facility in North Carolina this Saturday.   Come to visit with the folks at Lionel, and to have a lot of fun at a great LCCA Special Event with other LCCA members.  This event is a wonderful opportunity to purchase Lionel product at great prices.  Just think about how much money you will save! 

 

This event is open for all LCCA and LRRC Members. If you are not a member, we will be accepting applications at the door.  So take the trip over to Concord and have a day full of Lionel trains, LCCA friends,  Meet with Lionel’s team,  experience Lionel operating layouts including the new LCCA/Lionel FasTrack Modular Railroad Layout, be entertained with great seminars conducted by TW TrainWorx’s Roger Farkash and Lionel’s Mike Reagan, game activities with prizes and many more surprises. 

 

There will be workshops, games, and seminars in addition to all the product sales opportunities. Lunch can be purchased on site. There is a dinner planned on Friday for folks who will be in town at "Sticky Bones' located close to hotels and the Lionel facility.  OGR’s Ed Boyle ( & LCCA Member) will be there representing OGR during this event.   Come and meet with Ed  at the OGR display.  

 

This is truly a special Event for any of you who Love Lionel and Lionel Trains.  Come to see Lionel’s updated facility,  their coveted historical archives, talk with Lionel Leadership, have a dutch-treat dinner with fellow members, attend informative seminars, see layouts, consider some seriously good deals on product, and be prepared for a really FUN time!  Children are welcome to attend. There is  no-cost for admission to attend this LCCA Special Event. 

 

Any questions, please call me at 248 709-4137

See you in Concord!

 

Al Kolis

President Elect & Special Events Manager

Lionel Collectors Club of America

248 709-4137

agkolis@comcast.net

 

 

 see photos from Lionel's public event last November

Ed, will you be maning the OGR "Hot Dawg" wagon?

I'll be there in one of my Southern Railway T- Shirt.

Sitting in Mike's seminar with Ed. I feel important!

Ed really did show up today.

Yep...it looks like Ed but I am not sure cause the guy in the picture is better looking than Ed...

 

Alan

When is the next sale to the general public?

November

Please see attached a few photos from this Lionel Red Carpet Event.   Thank you all for attending and particpating in this event.  We hope you all had fun!

 

Best regards,

 

Al Kolis

President Elect & Special Event Manager

Lionel Collectors Club of America

248 709-4137

Hey!!! it's my son and my dad with Lenny!!

I wonder how did I not get in that shot.

I was the only 6'1 290 plus guy wearing the Southern Tshirt!!

 

Al,

It really was a pleasure to meet and chat with you at the sale.

I'm already looking forward to the big sale in November!!

Thank LCCA for a geat event!!

It was my pleasure meeting you, your son and your dad. I hope you all had fun.  If you had fun there, you could even have more fun during our 44th annual convention to be held in Indianapolis IN July 20-26.  

 

We allowed kids of all ages and sizes compete in this contest, see photo below.

 

Al Kolis

The Red Carpet Open House was a lot of fun, but it was also a learning experience about the latest developments in the Lionel product line. 

 

This is the first time I had a chance to run LionelChief Plus production steamers with long consists.  We went "upstairs" in the section of the very large room the houses the Archives to use the new test layout. (You need a specially coded electronic key card to gain access to this area, and there are only a very few Lionel folks who have access for security reasons.)

 

I ran a LionChief Plus Mikado with 20 very heavy cars attached to it and the loco walked away with them without any strain over a long loop with a grade in the center. Four cars in the consist were die-cast hoppers which added to weight but did not faze the Mike.  I tried the operating rear electro-coupler, worked the sound and and let the smoke rip.  This is an impressive engine and the street price makes it attractive on a couple of levels. The LionChief Plus engines are not scale, but they are "scale detailed" and look quite good. I also tried out a LC+ Hudson pulling 14 auto racks, boy did that make for a looong consist! We will see what George Brown says in his detailed review, but my initial impression of the LionChief Plus steamers is quite favorable. These engines are a good value for the money and you can run them in conventional if you want. You can also run them on the same tracks and at the same time that you are operating your Legacy locomotives, because they have their own controllers and operate on different frequencies.

 

Saw some other neat stuff in North Carolina, but Rich just came into my office and I have to take a work break!

 

Ed Boyle

Here are a couple of photos of the new test track at Lionel's facility and Mike Reagan conducting a demonstration and providing information about Lionel's upcoming LionChief Plus operating system.

Really glad to hear these positive remarks on the Lion Chief Plus line. I'm thinking about ordering a set.

 

Hoping to see some demos at York next month. 

 

 

 

 

Here are a few photos taken during the tour of Lionel's facility and archives in Concord NC.  Thank you J. Don Reece for your informative tour of the Lionel archives.

 

Al Kolis

 

 

Here are some photos taken of the Lionel's Archive and displays at their operation in Concord NC during the 3-22-14 Red Carpet Event.