How Many LGB Fans Here?

Update at our open house 082617. We added mulch last week.

Art

I'm still working on the Train In The Yard Project  , but I do have a few LGB trains all waiting to roll.

1st one a good friend gave me is a 2-6-2 Tank Locomotive 2080-D.

2nd picture is a 2118-1    New, 2-6-0 Denver Rio Grand Mogule Steam # 19 with a lot of Denver Rio rolling stock for it.

3rd new Christmas Commemorative LGB's Birthday set. 72950 .

I have never run any of these yet. I have a lot of other brands also never run yet so I'm definitely still in the G learning mode.

LARRY SR: NICE assortment! - I once had the 2080D Harz loco - a good husky tank engine! 

DAN986: THANK YOU for sharing that charming video of your late dad's wonderful collection! 

Don: Very nice layout in progress - love that stonework!

What a great thread!My Mom just unearthed photos of my Dad's first LGB layout.These photos date back to about 1979.I have a bunch of photos on how the indoor layout progressed until the early 1990s when the trains went outdoors only.I will post the later indoor photos soon.

My Dad was fortunate enough to ride some of our favorite real LGB prototypes in switzerland. He was on the first run of the blue croc, which was the first non brown RhB crocodile and unfortunately was scrapped a few years later. 

  I've only seen them run, railed a few nice cars, but never handled a throttle on one. The "all weather" construction seems like something worthwhile alone.

  But I'm a fan because of what they chose to produce, let alone the quality, or lack of ownership. If a garden layout was in my future, Im sure a few LGB would be too.

 Ive heard the Lionels in G were not so hot before. But I did really like the way my old brown boxed, narrow gauge Lionel "Goldrush" ran. It was smooth for decades till sold. (vs the later goldrush which was a different loco altogether, bigger too) But "outdoors" would have ended it's life pretty quick if the tracks rusting INDOORS was any kind of indicator. (I liked the more rugged "Lionel lobster claw II" over the more delicate hook & loops too, lol).

  I just always wondered if I got lucky with that little ng loco, or was just that easy to please?

GLENN:  VERY NICE LGB collection!!

ADRIATIC: Once owned the Lionel G Pennsylvanla Atlantic and two GP7's - they were OK but NOT LGB quality.

Waiting on the new LGB Albula Tunnel electric loco Ge 4/4 II, 28441. Decided to return the digital croc with the forward pantograph issue in exchange for the Albula electric.

Tinplate Art posted:

Waiting on the new LGB Albula Tunnel electric loco Ge 4/4 II, 28441. Decided to return the digital croc with the forward pantograph issue in exchange for the Albula electric.

Care to elaborate on the details of the croc issues?  I'm curious. 

GLENN: 

The forward pantograph would not respond to digital commands from the get go. Also, startups were jerky regardless of speed steps chosen (28 vs. 128). ALL other sounds and light functions worked as advertised. I was using the Piko digital system with the wired Navigator control. The rear pantograph would usually respond in the direction of travel automatically, but occasionally lock down. LGB has had more experience with the automatic "V" pantographs on the 600 series electrics such as the Albula decorated loco, so I decided to take my chances with it, and my dealer concurred.

The Albula electric has not yet been released but is expected this month. Will report on this loco after I have an opportunity to put it thru its paces.

 I should mention that the running sounds included intermittent blower and compressor sounds, and these were nice and crisp. The dialogue for the conductor station stop announcements and highball call was in the unique Suise-Deutch dialect.

I think you will like the MLGB Ge 4/4, we have a few and they all have done well. I guess this is the first time for a croc with operating pans, so as you said, that might be the issue.  In contrast, The operating pans on our MTH o gauge and some HO of theirs my friends have seem to break on a regular basis.  I'm a bit surprised the operation was not smooth as I have never had that problem with any new LGB engine ever, real or Marklin made.  

I once had an O gauge MTH Swiss Croc which had one problem pan. MTH uses a flawed pulley system prone to malfunctions! :-(

Tinplate Art posted:

I once had an O gauge MTH Swiss Croc which had one problem pan. MTH uses a flawed pulley system prone to malfunctions! :-(

Same here.  

I once owned, but never ran, a mint Marklin Gauge One green croc, but it made a nice display until I sold it. Had no track or control system! :-(

Tinplate Art posted:

I once owned, but never ran, a mint Marklin Gauge One green croc, but it made a nice display until I sold it. Had no track or control system! :-(

I'd love to get one of those. Mostly for display since it's gauge 1.  

Glenn Fresch posted:

Tinplate Art posted:

I once owned, but never ran, a mint Marklin Gauge One green croc, but it made a nice display until I sold it. Had no track or control system! :-(

I'd love to get one of those. Mostly for display since it's gauge 1.  

These Märklin "Krokodil" are not made for display! These are made for running!

Regards

Fred

Fred: VERY nice engine and consist. Supposedly, mine had digital sound and control installed from the factory, but sadly, I will never know!

After having some operating issues with two new LGB digital sound locos, one steam (24741) and the other a croc (23406),  I have decided to go ALL original LGB and analog sound only as far as motive power is concerned!