Lionel NEW Union Pacific 21 inch Excursion passenger cars -

J Daddy posted:

Anyone get their new Lionel passenger car sets in? .  .  .  Pictures please!

I purchased the UP variant so I will be waiting a tad longer.

Same here - on both counts. Very keen to see the advertised differences between these cars and the original run. And if there's any difference in the interior details I'm particularly interested in that. I know better than to expect passengers but a long time ago Lionel (in the person of Mike R.) stated the later run would be more "prototypical" than the first inside as well as out.

I  hope they took the stilts out of the truck bolsters! 

I have the SP cars on order but haven't heard anything yet.

J Daddy,

   That is one great picture!

PCRR/Dave

I believed most of the cars are on the water, as Dave Olson mentioned in a thread that I created. 

• Southern Pacific: Here
• Amtrak: Here
• NYC ESE #2: Here

• Pennsy Broadway limited: On the water
• Penn Central: On the water
• CSX: On the water
• AFT: On the water
• UP Excursion: On the water
• Conrail: On the water
• Burlington Northern: On the water
• ACL: To be built still

Train Diesel,  That me waiting for my UP Station Sounds Diner Car, and my MTH Premier line UP 5 car Passenger Set.

J Daddy posted:

Anyone get their new Lionel passenger car sets in? I believe they are coming out this week? Pictures please!

I purchased the UP variant so I will be waiting a tad longer.

I have the SP cars on order I have heard nothing yet

Since they shipped out last week, has anyone who lives close to a concord dealer received theirs yet? 

Clem - did you get a set?

I ventured into the CSX Theater car and the CSX Stationsounds Diner car, hopefully they will come in February, lots of Train items came late December, early January...Wow...I will post pictures when they arrive....

I really wish we had a choice to get the 18 inch car, instead of the 21 inch cars. Reason being, the 18 inch cars look better on my layout....Not Complaining, 21 inch looks ok to.  Great thread...

My bet is I see the theater UP car first. ... before the UP passenger set comes in.

I'm also waiting on UP... i say.... April.... that's my guess..

kinda wish i had pulled the trigger on SP, but my 18" SP MTH cars look just fine.

Waiting for the PRR's...it will be the last PRR cars I will have on the layout, I will be selling off the old PRR 18" when I find them.

J Daddy posted:

Clem - did you get a set?

Nope sit way to high for me, maybe this release will be better. Be nice to get the Amtrak but I have to see it first. I'm spoiled by Atlas CZ cars.

The ever reliable Charles Ro website shows the SP, Amtrak and ESE cars as available from10 Jan. From past experience that usually means when they are shipped from Lionel to Ro and the onward shipping happens fast. So these cars might only just have entered Ro’s customer delivery chain and other dealers may not have their consignments yet. So although hope springs eternal I am not counting on seeing any of these this weekend.

clem k posted:

Nope sit way to high for me, maybe this release will be better. Be nice to get the Amtrak but I have to see it first. I'm spoiled by Atlas CZ cars.

I agree with that.  The Atlas California Zephyr cars are the standard by which all others are judged.  Feature for feature, inch by inch and details vs details... Atlas is hard to beat.  Even the tinted windows and internal lighting are best in class. 

Hancock52 posted:

The ever reliable Charles Ro website shows the SP, Amtrak and ESE cars as available from10 Jan. From past experience that usually means when they are shipped from Lionel to Ro and the onward shipping happens fast. So these cars might only just have entered Ro’s customer delivery chain ....

The date quoted on Charlie Ro's website is the date he expects the cars to arrive at his store.  Upon arrival the website is usually updated very quickly to say "in stock".  And since that hasn't happened yet for any of the 21" passenger cars you mentioned, it's quite likely they still haven't arrived.

Maybe next week?

David

Rocky Mountaineer posted:

The date quoted on Charlie Ro's website is the date he expects the cars to arrive at his store.  Upon arrival the website is usually updated very quickly to say "in stock".  And since that hasn't happened yet for any of the 21" passenger cars you mentioned, it's quite likely they still haven't arrived.

Maybe next week?

David

The last time I had a pre-order with Ro the item shipped out to me before the website was updated. But yes, and in line with what you say, you'd expect an update by now if Ro had actually had any of these in.

Next week? I hope so but it's got to the point where I'll only believe it when I see it.

Hancock52 posted:

Rocky Mountaineer posted:

The date quoted on Charlie Ro's website is the date he expects the cars to arrive at his store.  Upon arrival the website is usually updated very quickly to say "in stock".  And since that hasn't happened yet for any of the 21" passenger cars you mentioned, it's quite likely they still haven't arrived.

Maybe next week?

David

The last time I had a pre-order with Ro the item shipped out to me before the website was updated. But yes, and in line with what you say, you'd expect an update by now if Ro had actually had any of these in.

Next week? I hope so but it's got to the point where I'll only believe it when I see it.

And the Sp, AMTRAK, and NYCESE were confirmed to be here! So they must be on a truck somewhere. 

@T1Titan_ZachF posted:

And the Sp, AMTRAK, and NYCESE were confirmed to be here! So they must be on a truck somewhere. 

The truck(s) in question seem to be lost. These must be the most elusive passenger car models ever made by Lionel.

Still no sightings??? Maybe one of the improvements over the first run of these 21" ABS cars is that the new run is invisible!

Hancock52 posted:

@T1Titan_ZachF posted:

And the Sp, AMTRAK, and NYCESE were confirmed to be here! So they must be on a truck somewhere. 

The truck(s) in question seem to be lost. These must be the most elusive passenger car models ever made by Lionel.

Still no sightings??? Maybe one of the improvements over the first run of these 21" ABS cars is that the new run is invisible!

Or in the new station-sounds diners, instead of the ¨We have arrived sequence,¨ the station announcement could say - ¨Attention passengers, WERE FINALLY HERE.¨

This whole 21 passenger cars situation reminds me of the original ¨Casey Jones¨ cartoon.

Welp, I'm still waiting for them to get in stock at Trains & Lanes...

To J Daddy and other interested parties: FYI, I started another thread on this topic to try to get to the bottom of where these cars are (or are not). It seems that they are arriving now at dealers. Go here for the update: https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...33#77593417200677633

There’s a charge on my card from Ro. Something 21” long is coming, I’m just not sure what. It was only a charge for a SS diner or a 2 pack. 

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!! THE 1st Round is coming!!!!

J Daddy posted:

Where are they ?!

Still on a truck (not "on the water") but this time it will be going to the buyers rather than the sellers.

How do they look... WE NEED ANSWERS!  waiting is the hardest part...

Agreed - and how they look inside as well as out. ANSWERS PLEASE!

(Below is me not spotting somebody else's UPS/Fedex.)

Mine are coming Tuesday.

was at the Amherst show and the folks at the Lionel booth said they will address the "high-water" trucks. They said the new ones would have the trucks closer to the body---wonder if they fixed it on these

Yeah no new catalog but a flyer and demonstration of the NYC Niagara.

I looked on charles ro today and they HAVE THE AMTRAK CARS and PC stationsounds diner in stock. 

So Has anyone purchase the entire Amtrak set? Any pictures of the cars in detail?

Thanks

Got tracking #'s for the SP cars today from Nassau Hobby. Should be here tomorrow or Saturday. Sure has been a long wait for these.

                                    JG

What J DADDY asked above.

J Daddy posted:

So Has anyone purchase the entire Amtrak set? Any pictures of the cars in detail?

Thanks

I ordered the Amtrak Stationsounds diner and I am expecting it soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@T1Titan_ZachF posted:

J Daddy posted:

So Has anyone purchase the entire Amtrak set? Any pictures of the cars in detail?

Thanks

I ordered the Amtrak Stationsounds diner and I am expecting it soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't have that one on order (mines the delayed UP Excursion "Overland" diner) but I'd be very intrigued to see what the Amtrak version looks like. I already have the 1st run Texas Special diner and the sound sequences are a total crowd pleaser.

This is the Amtrak StationSounds diner.

Neal Jeter

Received the 21" Amtrak cars  on Saturday 1/27 beautiful cars, brought the dinner sound car to the New Eagle train show for a test run, as adivertised led lights don't flicker and has many station and other sounds including the clicked clak of rails. I'm empressed as was everyone within hearing distance of the sounds,etc, watching it run.

Jack

Lionlman posted:

This is the Amtrak StationSounds diner.

Neal Jeter

 

IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Once mine arrives I will do a full review of it on Youtube. What dealer did you purchase yours from? I still did not receive mine.