Lionel "Big Blue" Set Reviewed

As always...a FANTASTIC review Eric.  No one is more detailed in these reviews!  AND...I sure like that big red logo at the end of the video..

 

Thanks,

Alan

Another fine & complete review.

For me, wrong era, wrong equipment - but I want one of these sets...I dunno - SD70 and J3a Hudsons? I can't squint that hard and pretend.

 

Speaking of squinting: that Frisco boxcar was blinding - so much yellow, so little time.

 

Also, I just paid Legacy Station for my SOU GP30 hi-nose. This week.

 

Enjoyed the review, as usual; the nose door does bother me - they should have fixed that by now on this older tooling. 

 

Agreed on the nose. Oh well.

Eric, another excellent review. Thanks for all your effort in putting them together.
Ray.

Hi Eric - Rich Melvin is the voice of the engineer. Who is the voice for the dispatcher?

Gary

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Eric,

 

Great review!!!!

 

Thanks,

Alex

Very good review Eric .  I do agree with you with Lionel's lack of prototypical horns and always using the same voice for the engines. I like the crew talk and would love to here actual modern engineers talking instead of the same old person.

Thanks Eric, I always enjoy your reviews.

Great looking set!!!

As always, a great review. Would consider the set if I did more modern trains.  Did like the different shot of the train switching over to the inside line at the diesel service area.  Don't think I'd seen that angle before.  Thanks! 

Great review!

 

Eric I must say that I'm a steam guy, but watching these diesels on your layout makes me want one train of modern diesels really bad. ugh! If Lionel ever does one with intermodal cars with the UP I'm screwed. I'm hoping to model Echo Canyon with my new layout and that would look really nice. I really miss Utah.

Eric, great review! As always Thanks for sharing, a lot of times it helps us

decide whether to buy or pass! I always look forward to your reviews!

Eric -

 

FWIW - coincidentally, I was looking at an issue of TRP magazine this week and there were some shots of some SD70's - and the caption mentioned the "odd" doors - these were on the real locomotives - it seems that some SD70 (and others, I'm sure) nose doors are on the right, and some on the left.

 

Makes sense, really - a simple feature like this would be a RR-determined option, I'm sure.

 

So - I can't say that the Lionel CR SD70 door is on the correct side or not for that loco/road, but Lionel's SD70 tooling is, apparently, not "wrong".

 

So - now we can all can sleep at night. This is important stuff, after all.

Great review. It would be nice if Lionel could develop "Regional" voices for the Crew Talk. MTH already has crew talk in foreign languages for their European trains. How hard can it really be for Lionel to find somebody with a southern accent in North Carolina?

Emile

Eric just looked at this and appreciate your excellent review. It takes time for you to do this and it is a valuable reference for us.

 

We always enjoy your work.