The one item that I must have is the Santa Fe “Black Bonnet” on page 91. Now I just hope that Lionel will the black aluminum passenger cars to go along with that set. I waited too long to but the K-Line set that was out some time ago, so now is my chance to get one from Lionel and I am going to order it ASAP. Does anyone else like that set?
Howard
I just want to get a bunch of Fastrack O31 curves to run all my Railking stuff on!
I like the B&O EM1 which available now. I will be getting that around York time.
From the catalog:
WM F-7 or WM Two truck shay
Chessie Track Mobile
If the Acela add on cars are compatible to the existing set, I might pick them up
TMCC Speader
The new telephones (Lighted and non lighted sets)
Has anyone seen a dealer with early buy pricing up yet? Other than the Train-Station which was already mentioned in the "sneak preview" thread yesterday.
The scale telephone poles are nice, but just not as nice as used to be available from Dave Baran. Glad I stocked up, although Andre Garcia is also making a similar pole.
The item that most caught my attention was the trucks for the trailer loads. They are nice models and 1/48 with railroad markings. But the $89.95 price tag blows me away.
An $89.95 toy truck:
My money's going toward the American Flyer catalog.
Rusty
The CNJ NW2 is intriguing as only a select few switchers were eventually painted red.
Bob
The N&W Mallet. Other than that, I have immunity. I like the trucks too, but $89? I'll have to wait on them...
I would like to see the Catalog, but when I click on the 2012 Catalog, all I get is a blank screen. Is it my Computer or what? Can someone give me the Link on the Forum? I had trouble the other day when I wanted to see a video on their Website by Mike Reagan. As soon as I tried thru someones REPLY on the Forum, it went right thru!!!
HELP!
Fredstrains
The green M&St.L boxcar and the PW colored control tower. Maybe the Seaboard C-420 powered and the RS-11 dummy. I would have bought the CNW SD40-2 if they had added the bell. All CNW SD40-2's had a bell on the nose which made the distinctive.
Been wondering for sometime when Lionel was going to make a scale NW2 as this historical loco has not been made by anybody else - know about Atlas's SW7. CB&Q sceme is the one I'm leaning towards. The PW Lionel was close to scale and the MTH NW2 car body is too long due to the size of the pS1 board.
So far, I'm interested in the following:
1) Motor City Express (finally 1:48th scale auto racks) My top item!
2) UP Work Train
3) MKT SD40's and BN SD40's Nice Lashups!
4) Wabash F7 ABBA
5) Bunch of the new Freight Cars:
Wish I had more money!
Ok, then there's my 'LOTTO LIST':
- FRISCO SD40's really sweet looking
- UP GP35's (both numbers Legacy ya know ;-))
- SP GP35's
- Burlington F3 ABBA
- California Zepher Pass Set
- UP 4-12-2 #9004
- Rotary Coal Dumper, naturally.
- Louisville & Nashville F7 ABBA (wow, that will be sharp!)
- NS SD80's
- GT SD80's
- Burlington SD80 (wow this looks hot)
- Pennsy SD80's (does it show that I like the big power?)
- DM&IR Mikado
- CP GP35's
- CN Piggy Back Set
- All the TOFC cars, heck even the ($90, give me a break) add on Trucks, who's counting?
- SF GP9's
- LV RS11's
- NP GP9's
- MKT NW2 (just one)
- GN GP9's
... and that is about it.
My purchases will be limited to a couple sets of Telephone 6-37851 and Lighted Telephones 6-37995 to augment the assorted set have and on order.
Was going for the Pennsy and REA Tractor/Trailer sets until seeing the $89.99 MSRP each. I purchase the pair of the first two First Gear tractor/trailer sets when first out for far less then one of these will sale price out at.
Bad news (for me). I just added up everthing I would like at the discounted price at T-S and it's $5500+!!!! The good news is it will ship between May & November. So if I were to go ahead (highly doubtful) at least the pain will be spread out. However, I am certainly going for the Motor City Express with add-ons and the add-on Santa Fe Reefer 3 pack. We'll see about the rest. Maybe a couple of Alaska engines.
Chris
If I was to purchase another locomotive, and that is a very big IF, I would go for that Northern Pacific fantasy loco in the Loewy green. But for the last year or so I always end up asking myself " do I really need another loco ", the answer is always no.
I think the Blue Comet .... It is really up to my 6 year old son .... I give him the choice of 1 engine and he likes steam. He watches Patrick's videos all the time and he now wants a steam engine with whistle steam. For Christmas he wanted a CSX diesel because Rich B has one. It seems all my purchasing decisions are made when my son watches YouTube videos! LOL
Since my largest turn is 048 I am limited in what I can purchase.
Hi Greg,
You are not alone! My 4 year old is the same, TM videos, and YouTube LOL.
He loves Santa Fe so for Christmas it was the Lionel AC6000 Santa Fe.
Case in point we went to a trainshow when we visiting the US. I was after a set of Santa Fe or Lionel Lines passengers cars for our Santa Fe F3 set. But no we walked out with a
Lionel SP GS-2 Daylight.
He knows what he likes
I might go for the Acela.
And for sure the black module for Legacy
Regards
Nick
Haven't read all the posts in this thread, but IMO the new signature catalog has nothing for me. I will however order from the lowly ready to run catalog. The RTR catalog has one set and a few cars I want. As for the signature catalog I can only shake my head and wonder how they can plan to produce so many big ticket items in these times. 0-4-0 basic switchers with Railsounds and a can motor for $449 says it all.
- DM&IR Mikado
It is pretty!
I'm a risk taker....I'm going for the Acela and add-on cars. I have the original, and it will be so cool to have them pass each other each going 150 scale mph!
And, I'll get all the Halloween cars (Zombies are the "In" thing) and Peanuts cars.
I never met a Mint Car that I didn't like, so I'll be ordering the Richmond Reserve Mint Car.
Auto Racks 149.95?? I do not think so.
...keep the rails polished...
Decisions, decisions, I was planning to purchase a scale Blue Comet well before the sneak peek came out. Well it looks like I'm going to have one soon. And how can I pass up on another Acela set or the UP anniversary pass. set that matches my original set.
The one big surprise to me is how appealing the Motor City Set is to me. I can't wait to have it, it's hard to imagine freight cars that will be almost 6" longer then most O scale passenger cars.
The one thing that is saving me is there are no big diesels or any of the new NW-2's on my list. Thankfully the Piggyback set which really looks nice has none of the PS-4 flats that I collect. But why did they have to bring out some more Bethlehem Steel items.
Oh well so much for decisions, I didn't know retirement life would be so stressful.
Paul
Probably one power-dummy-lashup of the Legacy SD40-2's (in one of the many roadnames and numbers), since Lionel happily this time WAS reading my thoughts! I'm just kinda ticked that the engines are $75 to $100 more than they were in 2006.....
I do want the Penn Central GG1 with the yellow stripe and the caboose to go with it.
I would rather have some passenger cars to go with it. The Kato N scale PC car set they did last year was really neat with 4 different paint schemes like a real PC train. I would love to have a set like this but I doubt Lionel would go for that. For the traditional size cars they always seem to go with the baggage, dome, coach,observation combination I would rather have a baggage and 3 coaches for a set like this.
Looking thru the catalog at all the remakes REALLY makes me miss K-Line! $450 for an 0-4-0 switcher that never ran good as a KCC special for $125? 
Gunny
As much as I bleed Orange and Blue, MTH is where I go for scale PC stuff. If anyone were to make a prototypically sloppy PC passenger consist, it would be them one day. As it is, they have produced period correct Amtrak sets you could use to make up those defunct PC trains:
Well once again no N&W steam unless you count the engine they never made so my wallet is safe till next month then it's off to York.
David
Definite list:
6-34681 Union Pacific LEGACY GP-9
6-27673 NYC Scale Caboose
6-25713 NYC Passenger 20th Century Limited 4-Pack
6-25718 NYC Passenger 20th Century Limited 2-Pack
6-25721 NYC Passenger 20th Century Limited StationSounds Diner
Maybe List:
6-11335 Blue Comet
6-25655 Blue Comet
6-38524 NYC LEGACY GP-35
6-38527 Union Pacific LEGACY GP-35
6-29327 Bethlehem Steel Operating Hopper
6-37980 Coal Conveyor
With the governor we have here in Wisconsin I cannot afford to buy any trains.
I like the new coal loader if anything i will pick that up. all the engines a little rich for my blood i will wait a couple years and get them cheaper.
I will be ordering
UP 9000
Blue Comet with Passenger cars
NYC Speeder
Long Island Gondola
Elk River Caboose
and maybe the Motor City express
Didn’t Lionel say they would make only 2000 Acela sets and never make them again?
I like the GP35 and would consider it more seriously had they chosen a more attractive Milwaukee paint scheme. There are other prototypical options.
My money will go for the FRISCO SD40's, all 3, really sweet looking.
Roger.....I agree, just go ahead and order two three unit sets and leave one set here in Mountain Home so you have something to run when you visit!!!
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Seriously, I am going to order those Friscos too! Been waiting for something like this for a long time.
Alan
need something to pull my recently acquired MILW cars, so, the MILW F7's? not as good as a hiawatha steamer, but...
Nothing for me. It's just as well as I've become pretty selective in my purchases, but have already spent/committed the entire 2012 train budget!
The 89 foot auto racks are pretty cool! 
If Lionel decides to offer 3 car sets in a later catalog, I'm in for two sets.
Jim
My money's going toward the American Flyer catalog.
Rusty
Mine too But it is SO tempting! IMHO this is the best catalog Lionel has ever done.
IF I were buying O gauge products still I would be interested in:
The CN Set with the 2 additional GP9s
C&O GP9s
EL GP35s
NW2s
All the scale 1:48 freight with the exception of the Autoracks. Those piggybacks are very nice.
SF Northern
Proably a Mike or Pacific as well.
Glad I moved over to S :-p
Just waiting on my Y3a, SD70s, and U33cs.
postwar stuff---
2239 IC F-3 set
Navy set
192 control tower ( Sounds silly but I've been waiting for this one---postwar colors---Thx Lionel )
scale telephone poles
nice catalog
Joe S
I already bought the Legacy B&O EM-1!
Lots of tempting stuff in this catalog, especially for the steam lover.
This Catalog could hurt my wallet.
I also like these:
Chris, I've had very bad results with the "early era inspection cars" if this is the model you are talking about: the small 1940s Ford sedan type with a leading truck with four tiny spoked metal bogie wheels out front. I'll admit it is solidly built and feels incredible: that's a lot of wiehgt for such a tiny vehicle! But other than Lionel's lighted Fastrack bumpers, the inspection car is the worst Lionel product I have seen.
Really? I have the Lionelville RR police version and love it. It doesn't like dirty track so much, but does fine for a tiny vehicle. They're based off of a 1937 Buick inspection car that's in the B&O RR museum. In fact, you just reminded me that I have it (it's been packed away since I ran it at Christmas time). I think I'll run it tomorrow for awhile with my SD80 powered freight train
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