@TrainHead posted:What would be a fair price to pay for this engine new in the box?
This thread is slightly old and info on pricing is less easy to come by than it was a few years back. Both the TMCC and Legacy AC-12s had a street price north of $1K although if you can find one now NIB it will probably go for less than that. Personally I think they are worth it; both versions used the same tooling, which IMHO is some of the best Lionel ever produced.
Sounds on the TMCC version were definitely not perfect in terms of chuff rate although the whistle and air horn were reasonably close to prototype. If you like this sort of thing it actually has better crew talk than the Legacy version. Mine needed work on maintenance of the smoke unit but otherwise runs fine. Legacy version has whistle smoke, which when it is tuned properly is a nice extra feature.
