Any feedback or photos of Lionel's new 21" passenger cars at the LCCA convention in Boston?

I'm interested also...

There is a lot of anticipation about Lionel's new 21" passenger cars to be produced in plastic. Of particular interest is the finish on sets like the ESE. They have a wonderful opportunity IF they release cars that look like they just came out of the production facility. Let's hope that this is what we can expect.

The full Texas Special Set with aluminum cars is present at the convention and it looks spectacular.  Glossy red...unpainted aluminum.   The LionChief NW2s look great too...a high quality value.

Unpainted aluminum? I thought these cars were going to made of plastic.

Pete

Thanks Mike W, great to hear your positive feedback.  However if those are 21" cars, i thought they were to be produced in plastic.  So I'm a bit confused by your comment about "unpainted aluminum".  Did you intend to say, "not painted aluminum"?

i thought the Texas Special passenger cars, originally catlg'd as 18" aluminum, were cancelled.   Perhaps what you saw were the new 21" plastic cars with a finish that "appears" to be glossy red aluminum?  Which would be a good thing. 

David

I can't say what the cars were made of but I picked up the cab1-L which I liked in itself and ran the set which is is drop dead gorges! I'll try to get more info on the set today at the Lionel display.   

Thanks, Chris.  Have fun at the convention!  From this initial feedback, I'm glad I ordered a set!!!  

David

Anyone have a picture?

Good Day,

Perhaps Mike is talking about the Lionel "Neil Young Signature Line" Texas Special set?

Model Number: 6-11194 Texas Special Set

Model Number: 6-25757 Texas Special Diner/Baggage with Station Sounds

Regards,

Swafford

This is all very mystifying although I suspect Swafford is right and that what's on display is NOT the new 21" cars made from ABS. If however Lionel have managed to get a metal or metal-like finish on the new Texas Special cars' ribbing I, for one, will be infinitely pleased and impressed.

Again, I thought the Neil Young 15" cars were made of aluminum. That would explain the comment that they looked like unpainted aluminum. 

Pete

They are cataloged as having aluminum bodies and I now remember a few days back there was a thread started by Charlie Nassau reporting that they are shipping: 

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...er-sets-are-shipping

So I fear that this is a false alarm as regards the 21" cars. In any event I was not expecting to see any samples of those until York in October at earliest.

I'd love to be proved wrong.

The most anticipated release in quite some time by Lionel!!!!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!

Er, no picture so the mystery deepens (and I think you are just joshing anyway).

Guys, I completely forgot that the Neil Young 15" passenger cars had a Texas Special livery w/StationSounds.    So this very well may be what's on display at the LCCA convention.  In any event, 15-inch cars are noticeably shorter than 21", so it should be easy to tell what we're dealing with here in very short order.

Sorry for the false alarm, if in fact it's the Neil Young series 15" cars that are being displayed this week.  My bad.  I was really hoping to see a preview of the 21-inchers, after I heard the podcast this morning.  We may need to wait a few more months to see those.  

David 

Sorry I misread and described the Neil Young TP Set.  I have not seen any of the new scale plastic cars.