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The Baldwin switcher is a sentimental favorite of mine because it was the first real product I bought when I was a kid. It never ran well. In the eighth grade I cut off end railings from a Lionel caboose to screw onto the front and rear to make it look more realistic--my first kit bash. When I got back into modeling much later, I replaced the motor with one of Doug Peck's Port Lines Hobby Supplies can motor conversions and added railings I fashioned out of brass wire. It runs better, but not well. It is still a favorite anyway. The new Lionel American Flyer versions will work far, far better than the old Gilbert models.BaldwinBaldwin T&P front

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Rayin"S" posted:

Wow, two motors in the Baldwin, should be a piece of cake to put two in the GPs now. Lionel keeps me coming back for more

Ray

Nope, no two motors for the GP, see below from the GP7 thread:

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Rusty Traque posted:

Which begs the musical question:  Will the new Baldwin switchers have two motors or is it a typo?  Seems odd the smaller Baldwin's could fit two motors but not the GP's.

 

Not a typo. Much wider shell. Plus the out-pour of requests for two motors in the GP made me design the switcher to have two. Just can't do it in the GP.

Dave Olson

Director of Engineering

Lionel LLC

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Guess that shoots my theory for a GP20...

--Rusty

35C4AC74-86B5-475D-829F-B611AC77FD4BHummm....

Flyonel has done some Alaska rolling stock over the years, which I have and have kept (I spent several weeks in AK over the years and have ridden on the Alaska railroad).  This would be a cool way to make a AK train!

picture from the Bowser website  

Also just kinda thinking out loud...there is a Wabash caboose in the catalog, but I can’t remember the last time Lionel made an S Gauge Wabash loco.  According to Wikipedia The Wabash had Baldwin switchers, but I can’t find any pictures of one on google.  Maybe there will be a Wabash Baldwin in V2. 

Ben

 

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NotInWI posted:

Also just kinda thinking out loud...there is a Wabash caboose in the catalog, but I can’t remember the last time Lionel made an S Gauge Wabash loco.  According to Wikipedia The Wabash had Baldwin switchers, but I can’t find any pictures of one on google.  Maybe there will be a Wabash Baldwin in V2. 

Ben

 

Well, there was the NS/ Wabash Heritage SD70 in 2014.

From what I could find, these were the Wabash Baldwins:

Wabash switchers were monochromatic very dark blue or black, therefore I would expect there will be a Flyer Wabash GP7/9 coming.  Either that, or a rerun of these:

Rusty

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banjoflyer posted:
NotInWI posted:

The Wabash had Baldwin switchers, but I can’t find any pictures of one on google.  Maybe there will be a Wabash Baldwin in V2. 

Ben

 

The Wabash did have S-12 switchers numbered 305-309.

Here's a picture of a Stewart HO model of one in what appears to be very dark blue:


 

 

Ooops.  Missed them when I copied the roster from the Wabash RR Historical society:

Rusty

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banjoflyer posted:

Dave Olson, one more thing. In the Ryan and Dave American Flyer video you mention the addition of sound and a newly tooled fuel tank for the AF Baldwins. Would it be possible to add some railings to these engines? That doesn't look like too pricey of an addition and these engines look far better with the prototypical railings:

Too late now. Would add to the cost of each unit plus stamping tools and modifying the frame.

 Also, what is the possibility of making a Baldwin switcher "set".....?

That is a pair of Baldwin S-12's that would be operated as a "pair" of engines similar to the operation of a AA unit pair as in the LionChief + line on the O gauge side?

So Dave, would it be possible to offer a pair of FlyerChief engines that operate both singly and as a pair?

Possible, yes. But that's Ryan's decision. I don't honestly see that being a huge seller either. Ryan is also the one who selects road names/paint schemes.

 

Rusty Traque posted:

Dave talked about the new fuel tank and speaker about 9 minutes into the video.

Here's a quick shot of the new fuel tank:

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banjoflyer posted:

Dave Olson, one more thing. In the Ryan and Dave American Flyer video you mention the addition of sound and a newly tooled fuel tank for the AF Baldwins. Would it be possible to add some railings to these engines? That doesn't look like too pricey of an addition and these engines look far better with the prototypical railings:

This  vs this

 

Also, what is the possibility of making a Baldwin switcher "set".....?

That is a pair of Baldwin S-12's that would be operated as a "pair" of engines similar to the operation of a AA unit pair as in the LionChief + line on the O gauge side? The engines could include a DPDT switch on the bottom which would determine the initial starting direction of the engine. One engine would start in "forward" and the other in "reverse" and both would respond to the remote signal at the same time just like the real switcher pairs do. Here's a picture of one configuration and a "new" paint scheme I really want in the next run of these engines:

That "Katy" paint scheme has a lot going for it with the bright red color similar to the colorful Patapsco and Back Rivers  paint scheme. The real prototype was an EMD NW-2 but that paint scheme will look just as good on a Baldwin S-12 like the one on a Bowser HO engine shown.

Here's the EMD NW-2 in the "safety" paint scheme:

So Dave, would it be possible to offer a pair of FlyerChief engines that operate both singly and as a pair?

Thanks,

Mark

 

Mark, You are a pretty handy guy, seeing what you have done with some of your projects. I can see you adding that switch to one of a pair of these locomotives, it would just reverse the wires to the motors, I would do the same with a pair of Milwaukee Road Baldwins.

Ray

In watching the Ryan and Dave show on Lionels Facebook page today I asked if there will be a sample of the Baldwin at York. Dave displayed a unpainted sample for the camera and stated it will be running at the York train show. Maybe we will get some close pictures of the underside of it out of the show.  

It sounds like it isn’t on track.

Ben

NotInWI posted:

I was looking at the Lionel shipping catalog today, and while I’m no detective (patrol officer actually) I think I can confirm there will be a Wabash Baldwin coming up.  

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I wonder if it will have the white over blue paint scheme? 

Ben

Don't see why.  Wabash's switchers were painted in a very dynamic paint scheme:

 Lima Wabash 401 EMD 124

Rusty

(Personally, IMHO the GP would've been a better choice...)

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Mark

Anything is possible I guess, but I would think that Patapsco unit was a hit in preorders and is a go. My guess is there was a typo when the shipping schedule was written up. I think the Wabash unit is likely a given to go with the Wabash caboose that was listed in the 2018 V1 book.  On a few different videos I have seen with Dave and/or Ryan, they have talked specifically about that Patapsco Baldwin.  My guess, both will be happening.

Ben 

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Rusty Traque posted:
NotInWI posted:

Well, it might not be prototypical, but I think the GP wabash paint scheme would be a better seller than....that....

Ben

No argument there...

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(Just a quicky artist conception...)

Rusty

A less rushed artist conception of "road paint" on a Wabash switcher:

vo1000_p2a Wabash II

Of course, whether Lionel does anything like this is on the Flyer Baldwin switcher is pure conjecture on my part...

Rusty

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NotInWI posted:

Mark

Good for you, and thanks for the contact with Lionel.  I would pass on a fantasy Wabash Baldwin anyway.  Just an odd coincidence given the Wabash Caboose cataloged.  

Ben

Well, now that the Wabash Baldwin bubble has burst, (it was kinda fun working out the fantasy paint scheme, though) I would expect to see a Wabash GP cataloged.  Unless Lionel's got something up their sleeve...

Rusty

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