This evening, the postman rang my doorbell (twice of course.) and handed me a nice heavy box. Inside of this was the set of SP Sharknose locomotives that I have been eagerly awaiting for the past few weeks.
As is normal for Lionel products, they were beautifully packed, and had survived the rigors of traveling across the Atlantic without any damage.
Once I had unpacked and lubricated them, I placed them on the track, fitted a 9V battery, programmed them into my Legacy system and filled them up with Mega-Steam.
They both look and sound wonderful. The 'Daylight' colour scheme is very striking indeed on these locomotives.
But the big surprise came when I started them running and turned on the smoke. Woo! Do these engines smoke! The smoke was of such a volume and thickness that they almost disappeared behind a traveling smokescreen. 
All of my Legacy engines smoke well, but these are in a class of their own. I sat and watched these engines run around until the atmosphere in my train room could no longer support human life. These may prove to be the first engines that I will run with the smoke set on 'Low'. 
Now I just have to wait for my set of Daylight coaches to arrive, and I'll have another beautiful passenger train to convey the inhabitants of my O-gauge world to their chosen destinations.
In case you haven't guessed, I am one happy bunny tonight. Thank You Lionel. 
The smoke was set on low for this.
