Did the Polar Express Loco with the whistle steam effect come out yet?
if it did, does the whistle smoke work well? does it have rail sounds? Is there room in it to add err cruise?
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That is a nice video and very nice engine. I hate to think what that owner shelled out in total in buying the "whole nine yards." (Especially because he likely had to buy the regular set first, with the regular engine, then re-buy the smoke-sound engine.) Fun, nonetheless and good to see on a hot, humid day like today!
ONE QUESTION: Is the voice in the conductor sound car really Tom Hanks'? Listening to this, I am not really sure.
I'm buying one for my son even though he has the set. The new one looks and sounds like a much better engine. I really would like to drop an ERR cruise commander in there. Is that even possible with the whistle and the RTR railsounds?
There are 2 extra circuits in this loco for the Whistle steam. The motor E Unit is separate, and could be replaced. I would not recommend TMCC, but cruise should improve the conventional operation. The addition of TMCC would make it too difficult to operate the Conv features of the Whistle smoke and sounds.
So in the video is that the way it works and sounds out of the box? I have the original with the train sounds tender.
Originally Posted by Chris Lonero:
So in the video is that the way it works and sounds out of the box? I have the original with the train sounds tender.
That is my video 5 minutes after it got out of the box Check my channel for more of this engine i did a lot of modifications such as led, better element, and of course wick. The video was Of course on the old layout 
Yes all of its out of the box. It has rail sounds NOT Train sounds its very nice. I did have a problem with the heating element and the wick was rock hard after two days easily replaced with tiki torch. Thanks for the views guys!
Originally Posted by RadioRon:
That is a nice video and very nice engine. I hate to think what that owner shelled out in total in buying the "whole nine yards." (Especially because he likely had to buy the regular set first, with the regular engine, then re-buy the smoke-sound engine.) Fun, nonetheless and good to see on a hot, humid day like today!
ONE QUESTION: Is the voice in the conductor sound car really Tom Hanks'? Listening to this, I am not really sure.
Thats my video and yes thats tom hanks. Its a very nice car because it has an on off switch if you don't want the sound. I shelled out well over a thousand on all that polar express stuff 
and now have the new set and tunnel on order. Yes i bought EVERY SINGLE PE ITEM even the whole set and trainsounds tender. Its humid in that room now thats why i moved the layout.
Originally Posted by SantaFeFan:
There are 2 extra circuits in this loco for the Whistle steam. The motor E Unit is separate, and could be replaced. I would not recommend TMCC, but cruise should improve the conventional operation. The addition of TMCC would make it too difficult to operate the Conv features of the Whistle smoke and sounds.
That's what I was affraid of Jon. Not being able to upgrade it is a bummer. Any plans for a Legacy version of the semi-scale PE? Would the same apply to all the new conventional engines with Railsounds? I was hoping the new scale 0-4-0 would be offered in Legacy, but I've only seen conventional. No hopes of upgrading those either? Too bad if that's the case.
