Some really great looking stuff! Now it looks like I need to go back to work to pay for some of it. I think Lionel could have done a little bit better on the $$$$
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I am glad they are coming out with more pre-weathered locos.
Was on the borderline for the Sharks, but cannot afford what they want for the articulated locos weathered or not weathered.
Other than that I was a little bit excited for the LionChef 10 wheeler in NYC livery, but I am with Allan Miller, I don't want yet another remote.
With so many products still outstanding and not shipped, i.e. the complete Neil Young sets, I cannot imagine when this new stuff will ever make it here.
# of EJ&E items? 0. Not sure how many Lionel catalogs it has been without an EJ&E item, but one item at least every 15 years would be nice.
NUTTIN HONEY
GG1GUYY
ehhhh. A few cars for me, nothing else floats my boat in this one. Don't mind though as the bank account is taking a huge hit this year from Volume I and Sunset 3rd Rail/GGD stuff. A welcome break in spending for me.
By the way, has anyone noticed the cover(s)???
I didn't notice it until just now, but it's gotta be THE ABSOLUTE WORST COVER (front and back) for a Lionel catalog that I can recall in years. Who the he!! signed off on it? Don't be shy now... step forward... inquiring minds want to know.
David
Judged on results, its a great catalog. I will be ordering:
Legacy Ten-wheeler
Legacy S-2
B&O Sharknose B unit
UP Water tender - non flag one
LC+ Camelback - how truly cool!!!
They brought back the Grain Elevator Kit in a fully assembled form.
The PS-1 40' Boxcar are in Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic, SOO LINE, and Green Bay & Western which would all fit together in a Minnesota and Wisconsin area model railroad.
Andrew
Well, at least they didn't repeat all of the new stuff from the spring catalog. Would have been a waste of space and paper. My one disappointment is that they didn't list the new USRA Heavy Mike in Milwaukee Road, as I had hoped they would. Be nice to add a woodside caboose for that engine, too. I can't imagine that they would ever offer one of Milwaukee's rib-side bay window cabooses. That's too road specific, besides Weaver came out with that caboose in brass a number of years ago.
Paul Fischer
By the way, has anyone noticed the cover(s)???
I didn't notice it until just now, but it's gotta be THE ABSOLUTE WORST COVER (front and back) for a Lionel catalog that I can recall in years. Who the he!! signed off on it? Don't be shy now... step forward... inquiring minds want to know.
David
I thought the cover art was a bit flat as well. The thing I find hard to ignore is the cocked acorn nut on top of the passenger platform, dead-center. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised with the catalog. Certainly an improvement over last falls edition. Seems like there's a little something for most everyone. However, some of the pricing....
# of EJ&E items? 0. Not sure how many Lionel catalogs it has been without an EJ&E item, but one item at least every 15 years would be nice.
The MSRP prices are insane.
I was surprised at the size of this catalog. MSRP means nothing. All that is important is the dealer's pricing.
Looks like they did a very good job.
I am very excited about the GP30 in Southern with the correct High nose. I have wanted one for years after seeing it at the NC transportation Museum in Spencer. It is a must have for me.
Thanks Lionel for stepping up to the plated and making a high nose version of the Gp30.
Happy railroading,
Don
Would have been nice to have some American Flyer in there somewhere. I like the expansion of the LC+ and the plug and play is nice.
Ben.
It was better than I expected. I like the Philadelphia & Reading Camelback and the additions to the Lionel Steel line.
Concerns:
1. the (as usual) rendering of PRR Brunswick Green or Dark Green Locomotive Enamel makes you wonder whether the models will have it right or come out a sickly green (Lionel, you don't have to prove you know it is DGLE, just make them black - or a lot closer to black -in the catalog)
2. the Blomberg (EMD) trucks under the Alco RS-3's - did using the AAR trucks on the GP30 models wipe out the inventory? Really thought Lionel should have corrected this. I was told they will have the correct trucks but the catalog does not inspire confidence that will be the case.
# of EJ&E items? 0. Not sure how many Lionel catalogs it has been without an EJ&E item, but one item at least every 15 years would be nice.
Two words:
Atlas
MTH
# of EJ&E items? 0. Not sure how many Lionel catalogs it has been without an EJ&E item, but one item at least every 15 years would be nice.
Two words:
Atlas
MTH
I already have them all lol.
I recognize that prices are going to creep up a little every single catalog. But the MSRP on the GP-30'S shocked me. Wow.