Thoughts on the Lionel Titanic Centennial Set?

Depends on where you want to sink your money.

I agree with Dr. Ballard.

I guess if I had an interest in an historical, ill-fated ship, I wouldn't go out and buy a toy train.  

"Thoughts on the set"

If you could obtain this set for around $300, why not. The whimsical rolling stock (sub & mint cars) are quite nice and can easily blend in with similar Lionel cars, plus you get a CW-80 transformer. This outfit is not for everyone, but if you have a youthful and positive imagination, bring those "Downton Abbey" characters to your train layout and have fun.

I think it is weird.  1500 people died due to human arrogance and stupidity.  I don't want that memorialized on the side of a toy train.  Why not a Hindenburg memorial set or a couple of box cars with the twin towers on fire?  Maybe a Malaysia Air Flight 370 set too?  

I bought the engine and flat with propellers from a set brake-up.  Neither piece is identified with the Titanic.  The engine is a colorful blend of white, black, orange and yellow  with undersea exploration lettering.  it's a nice starter engine with trainsounds I swapped shells and the yellow frame and running gear now carry an Alaska GP7.  The flat is lettered for some salvage operations.  I can't speak for the rest of the cars and how the set is linked to the Titanic.

It's more linked with RMS Titanic Inc. (the company that exhibits the salvaged items) than it is with the ship itself.  Titanic's propellers are embedded in the mud under the nearly obliterated stern section and could never be safely salvaged (and in my opinion never should).  But the car Lionel produced is neat.  A true Titanic tribute set would have been a recreation of a White Star Line boat train.

It's a really nice set actually. The last release they named it the Maritime Exploration set ...

http://www.lionel.com/products...nv-gp9-8237-6-30187/

The flags of the side of the engine spell HMS Titanic.

On the box it mentions smoke but it was not included with thisset as the description on the Lionel site. It has railsounds which is nice.

I test ran it and it's been on the shelf ever since.

Trainz has it on Ebay for a buy it now of $385.99 + shipping.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel...9:g:5UIAAOSwB09YOHqy

yamawho posted:

 

The flags of the side of the engine spell HMS Titanic.

 

 I can't see them in the pic well enough to read them, but, if so, it's a funny error, and they ought to know better.

I'm not into commemorative trains. I don't understand why a model train manufacturer would make a train set to commemorate any ocean going vessel. I have two 1/670th and two 1/350th scale models of Titanic (one of each for Olympic) and I feel these models are a better way to commemorate these great liners.

For reference as to the flags on the engine and set box...

I enlarged the catalog pic and it looks like it does properly spell out RMS.....

RMS it is then 

Mike D posted:

I'm not into commemorative trains. I don't understand why a model train manufacturer would make a train set to commemorate any ocean going vessel. I have two 1/670th and two 1/350th scale models of Titanic (one of each for Olympic) and I feel these models are a better way to commemorate these great liners.

You must have missed my response way up on the thread: "I guess if I had an interest in an historical, ill-fated ship, I wouldn't go out and buy a toy train."

Tonrespknd to your query, as my dear ole dad used to say, "anything for a buck."  Lol 

I have a friend who paid a bit for a few ounce of coal from the Titantic. Putting THAT into the hopper of a Titantic themed train would be a GREAT idea in my opinion.

CICANIT ? 

Farmer_Bill posted:

CICANIT ? 

Flags on chart are hanging downward with the left edge on top.