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I was not able to see the 1522 in action, but the sound on this locomotive is really amazing. It really had a unique look. 

If Lionel made a Legacy version with ACCURATE sound and details would you purchase it? Maybe with whistle steam added for a plus.

 

I know I have too many engines now, however I would put an order in for one.

 

 

 

 

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I'd buy one in a second.Lionel has the tooling for this one and has offered it in (Southern,WP and New Haven).It's basically a modernized USRA design.Lionel could easily offer this and a MOPAC version.All they would have to do is add RR specific brass details and as they are now very good at this. Of course most of you know I'd throw the cash down on any big Frisco,Missouri Pacific,KCS and Cotton Belt steam. I'm now discovering lots of overlooked large steam for RR's in the deep south and there's a lot!

The NC and StL "Dixie" 4-8-4 and Atlanta and West Point 4-8-4 come to mind.

 

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Yes. There are several examples of these Frisco 4-8-2's around (Mobile has one - in sad shape, though); Frisco gave several away. But, like the MoPac, the Frisco was mostly out in that Big, Anonymous Area that just generates little modeling interest. It did get as far East as Mobile and Pensacola (FL), but most of it was in the area that's not Western, not Midwestern, not Southern. Katy had the same problem.

 

So I'm not surprised about the kinda silly relative lack of interest - but I'd buy one.

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Boomer - the Frisco heavy 4-8-2's were indeed germinated from the USRA Heavy 4-8-2, but are quite different from them in many ways; they don't even have the USRA "look" - Frisco built the boilers lower, which made the domes and stack higher (almost earlier-era looking).

 

- The A&WP (and corporate sister Western of Alabama) had no 4-8-4's. They had 4-8-2's, some from the FEC, USRA Light Mountain-based, with many detail differences. They had some really big Mikados.

 

- I had hopes for a NC&StL Dixie in brass from Weaver (I've requested it more than once) one day, but that apparently is not going to happen now, for sure...and I doubt that 3rd Rail will bother with anything from this part of the country (California's perspective is...distant). I'm going to have to build one; I have the frame/running gear donor picked out.

 

The Dixie is so good-looking (but in as-built form only!) that it can stay in the same room as the N&W J 4-8-4 and even the Dreyfuss Century and Dreyfuss Empire State Hudsons.

 

Its seems this locomotive has just faded into history.

Its amazing how some locomotives plagued with the same fire box and flue issues can  come up with funds and are back on the rails in a few years (thank goodness) while others are doomed to storage for the rest of their lives as a static display.

 

 

 

The money for the refit not only existed, it is, as far as I know, still in an escrow account earning interest.
 
One problem was the aging of the crew, but the biggest headache was lack of support from the Been Nunthin' Since Frisco.  Without commitment from the RR, the SLSTA couldn't guarrantee enough sales to pay the huge insurace premiums demanded in the post-9/11, post-Traction engine explosion (Ohio?) world.
 
As to the OP:  I would figure out how to buy one if I had to sell almost every other hobby item I own to finance it.  It need NOT be VL--I don't need all the gimcrackery.  Accurate (not a USRA clone) and Excellent sound will do for me.  It is one engine I'd even consider buying from MTH.
 
And I would suggest they paint a few in the other survivors' numbers; I'd like a 1501, too, please.  The look is quite different with the air tanks under the running boards.  1501 is about 2 1/2 miles from where I work, and I swing by as often as I can to dream about winning the Lottery . . . .
 
Originally Posted by J Daddy:

Its seems this locomotive has just faded into history.

Its amazing how some locomotives plagued with the same fire box and flue issues can  come up with funds and are back on the rails in a few years (thank goodness) while others are doomed to storage for the rest of their lives as a static display.

 

 

 

 

Rob, 

Enjoyed the video, thank you. Its tough to have a dedicated steam program when you cannot make any money at it. I know when I was kid I would kill to go on a steam engine ride, however there weren't that many around.

My kids sure enjoys them, we are going to miss the Owasso steam festival not occurring this year. 

 

I missed the Texas tour by only a couple of weeks... 

 

Absolutely I would buy one, with only one caveat: if it was prototypical, i.e. the main driver being a Boxpok, air tanks on top of the boiler, prototypical coal bunker on the tender, and of course, VERY loud stack talk and a Hancock longbell 3-chime whistle with whistle steam. I very much doubt it's gonna happen, but one can hope.

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