Special Run Lionel Amtrak E9's from MrMuffins Trains

3 Rail, Donald, wow, this is a beautiful set of Amtrak E9’s, great color scheme and the paint finish is stunning. Do they run as good as they look? You mentioned quality could have been a little better, what were your thoughts on the quality build? Also, are both A units powered? In my thinking they’re gorgeous. Thank You very much for the pictures. Happy Railroading

@leapinlarry posted:

3 Rail, Donald, wow, this is a beautiful set of Amtrak E9’s, great color scheme and the paint finish is stunning. Do they run as good as they look? You mentioned quality could have been a little better, what were your thoughts on the quality build? Also, are both A units powered? In my thinking they’re gorgeous. Thank You very much for the pictures. Happy Railroading

He's talking about the quality of his photo

@EscapeRocks posted:

He's talking about the quality of his photo

Yes .....thank you David. I definitely meant my photos quality. I just snapped these quick with my phone. Larry, the units run great. No complaints.

Donald

He's sold out.

@3rail posted:

Yes .....thank you David. I definitely meant my photos quality. I just snapped these quick with my phone. Larry, the units run great. No complaints.

Donald

You're welcome.

Also, those locos look fantastic.

Yes definitely a beautiful custom run.  Will be a great companion to the Lionel Cataloged versions.   And the quality from Lionel is first rate. 

I know that i received an email saying mine shipped, hope to have in a few days.  Now hopefully a B unit gets made.

Apparently there is a set left. Just saw it on the Mr muffins site

@tom21pa posted:

Apparently there is a set left. Just saw it on the Mr muffins site

I called Jeff to purchase it.  Sold Tuesday.

These are awesome!  Thank you MR Muffin for running these. I was lucky enough to get one and so glad I did.  Thank you for posting.  

Revisiting this thread.  Lionel is cataloging the new Amtrak E8s and these former E8's as "E8" but the road #s are E9's.   Can someone educate me on the discrepancy?

I don't think Lionel knows the difference.  This is what they come up as when run over the sensor track, and the box says e8

Outside of the horsepower rating and some other internals, the only way to distinguish and Amtrak E8 from and E9 would be by the road number.  By the time Amtrak inherited them, E8/9s had every sort of modification made to them.  I'd be surprised if any two were exactly alike.  Amtrak numbered their E units in the 200-400 series. While all E9s were numbered in the 400s, E8s road numbers could be found anywhere in the total number range. 

And here are the recently delivered Lionel E8's...

Looks great! 

Art

The new Lionel Amtrak E8's do look stunning!