William 1 posted:Stop that. The man is caring for his 92 year old ma and likes the diversion. My take. Interesting situation tho. I check in with bated breath for every new update.
John, do you have a cool layout to run your trains on. Reason I ask is, if you are just buying expensive trains to run on a loop on a piece of plywood I kinda have an issue with that. Just a personal thing. If I were you, I would fix everything I have and work on my layout. Don’t buy anything else. That’ll teach em....
Best of luck. Keep em comin...
I have not read all the above replies, and have never bought a Legacy, Visionline or other high end locomotive with whistle smoke, bell that moves back and forth, and other advanced features.
Based on my anectodal experience, I would consider switching to less advanced but IMO very good and more reliable trains like LC+. From my experience with LC+ and what I've read on this Forum about them, they are much more reliable and Lionel is good about servicing them while under warranty.
Also, consider buying from a fair-minded LHS that appreciates your regular business, even if it's just spending a few hundred dollars per year there. Although mine doesn't guarantee everything, mine would help me get a problem train fixed by Lionel, or let me return it to the LHS for store credit. Arnold
