I'd love to see pictures if anyone has purchased a LionChief Plus B&O 4-6-2.
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I have one at home I got on Wednesday, in addition to the Hudson I'm converting to a Prairie. I'll post a picture this eveningof the B&O if someone else has not.
If it matters what i've learned studying the photos of the Lionchief + Hudson, Pacific, and Mikado, and having inspected and compared the Hudson and Pacific, including opening one up by taking the shell off: there seems to be one basic chassis, which is produced with three or forr drivers depending. All the electronics are in the loco: the tender only has a speaker in it, nothing else. The body shells of all three locos are exactly the same length and basically the same casting, except Lionel has changed the cab, cowcatcher shape, domes and such on the top among them to give some variety in appearnace - the B&O has a nicer looking cab in my opinion, the Hudson and Mikado have the same cab. The Pacific and the Hudson have the identical chassis (same drivers, etc.) and front pilot: the chassis has two positions at the rear for mounting the rear truck - one for two axle trucks, one for one axle. The Hudson has a six axle cast metal tender and the Pacific and Mikado come with the same four-axle one.
Thanks for the comparison Lee. I like the looks of the LC+ Mikado and hope mine arrives soon.
Steve, Lady and Tex
Here are some photos of it. Pay no attention to the white on the rear truck under the cab - I'm experimenting with something in preparation for bashing it slightly: all of that is normally black, etc. It is a sweet running loco.
To give some sense of its size photographed it with the ubiquitous RTR 0-8-0 (top) and a scale version of the same thing (bottom).
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Very nice photography Lee. You gave us all a good look at this engine. Better than a catalog!
Yes, agree with PTC's post above. Thank you Lee for posting. I'll be picking one up sometime this year.