PHOTOS: Polar Express fans, Merry Christmas

Great pics David!

The sharpness of the pics reminds me of my larger format days. What kind of camera took these photos?

Wow, great scenes right out of the movie.

Great Photos and a great train! Very impressive.

Fun! Nice job recreating the scenes from the movie.

Very nice! Thanks for posting! Would you consider posting the track plan?

Wow! Are those all the scale pieces? Those look so much better than the regular loco and cars.

one day I will have this set under my tree too.

I still find it a hoot that Steamer is based on a real person.

Good Afternoon,
Very nice shots and I agree with the gentlemen about the sharpness of a large format camera. Very nice work. Being new to this part of the hobby, would someone please tell me what set this is so I will know what to look for? Is this a starter set or does it come without power pack and track?

Again, nice looking train and very nice shots.

J. Motts
sptrainnut
TCA 12-0067

That is the scale Pere Marquette Berkshire. Last cataloged as locomotive only 6-11203...Polar Express tender is 6-11151. You can also purchase a separate tender lettered for Pere Marquette. The coaches are Polar Express Heavyweights.

Bravo! Nice pictures. Also, nice use of depth of field in the head on shots.

Thanks Keith, I'll start looking for one and possibly the tender too.

J. Motts
sptrainnut
TCA 12-0067

Cool!

John

 

Those are standard FasTrack trestles by Lionel.

That is one fine looking engine, and great pics.

http://www.lionel.com/Products...neID=&CatalogId=

 

http://www.lionel.com/Products...neID=&CatalogId=

Kenn:

 

Very nice composition and very nice shots of the PE scale train. I love this train and what a perfect time to bring your photos to our Forum members. I hope we see many more photos this year of both the PE scale and non-scale version.

 

 

Fantastic layout! That just might tip me over to get a PE set. Is the scale version worth getting over the original set? MilwRdPaul

The cars are scarce and the locomotive is nearly impossible to find, even on the secondary market. If you can find either they will likely come at a premium price. Even so there is no comparison to the semi scale set, the Legacy PM berk is arguably one of the best sound locos Lionel has ever produced because ALLof the sounds came directly from the prototype. Heres video from SuperOBob showing the loco in action, the "pere marquette" tender and "polar express" tender have the same sounds with the exception of the "polar express tender having added Tom Hanks voice calling "all aboard".

 

David,

 

Beautiful photo's, I think I might have to get a set like that. But as RickO mentioned

I guess it will be pretty hard to do.

 

 

Thanks, Alex

The engine is hard to find but it is still reasonably possible.  Earlier this year I took mine over to a fellow forum member's layout and he fell in love with it.  He was able to find an engine and tender within a couple of weeks although I believe he had to get them seperately.  I don't think he paid a "premium price" but I didn't ask.

 

The scale cars are hard to find once they sell out.  If you are trying to get a scale PE train, I'd buy the cars as you find them.

 

I'm still looking for a two car set for the scale passenger cars.  If anyone has any leads, I'd really appreciate it.