Good evening everyone,
Nice story, I was looking for the Lionel NYC 10 wheeler while at York. We were looking for hours I also had asked a few fellow forum members to keep an eye out for one. Quiet a few hour's had gone by and my wife and I decided to take a break and rest our tired legs. So we were looking for a place to sit outside and my eye caught this nice picnic table with two benches,I look up and I see fellow forum member Doug N sitting there. He calls us over and says I didn't find a NYC 10 wheeler, but I found a C&O Legacy 10 wheeler. I had to make my mine up pretty quick so I said to Doug which hall is it in, he said the Blue hall without hesitation we all rushed over there. We get there and the engine was brand new in box never ran, the price the guy was asking was a really good price but I had to haggle a little and I ended getting it for a steal. I finally was able to unpack it and get it on the layout for it's first run. I must say the looks are just beautiful and the sounds and whistle are awesome, My heart was set on the NYC road but after seeing and hearing the C&O, It's a winner for me.
So thanks to all the forum member's who kept the eye out for a 10 wheeler for me, and a special thank you to Doug N for finding this beautiful engine. Here's a couple of photo's and a quick video of this awesome engine.
Thanks for looking, Alex