N&W 1218 posted:I owned the JLC version and ended up selling it because I wanted Legacy control. In doing so I lost a better sound system period. Every N&W scale engine I sold off to “upgrade” was a downgrade in sound. The newer Y6b sound is good but not Great like the JLC version.
I also owned the N&W and Pennsylvania Y3 engines which had awesome specific sounds in the TMCC versions. The Legacy versions are lame and not specific.Enjoy this great JLC version!
The large steam engines that Lionel made from 2000 to the second run of Legacy are still some of my favorites. Like you , I purchased legacy versions to replace my earlier TMCC versions. For the most par, I have now gotten rid of the Legacy versions and gone back to the JLC Cab Forward, N&W Y6b and C&O H8. The SF Northern was not a JLC engine but the sounds on the TMCC version put the Legacy version to shame. The early Legacy steam such as the UP 4-8-4 FEF also had great sounds and to me still preferable to the latest Legacy model. I also like the N&W Class A from and the B&O EM-1 form 2000 /2001. Nest to their Vision line offerings, these may be some of the finest steam engines Lionel has ever offered.
Happy railroading,
Don
