Hurry - Run to your LHS before these beauties are all gone! New Lionel Union Pacific PA's with Super Bass are astounding!

Unpacking them was not for the feint of heart... whew... I am running out of room to put the boxes!

Very cool, I hope you will post a video...  I am not a UP person but maybe I should be, considering the big boy restoration!

And look no Lemon yellow!

Beauties! They look great.

Let us know if they start forgetting their engine ID, mine are starting to drive me nuts.

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...65#87169261117492165

The details are very really nice and a big improvement over the previous release of the UP E6's with black trucks... 

The coupling space / gap was not too bad out of the box. But they will need some customizing. 

What I really like is the fully flanged trucks on ALL wheel sets and the pivoting ladder end steps that allow for sharper radii.

Pardon the quick video. But I DID make sure I filmed on a tripod to avoid the shakes!

What was odd and kind of humorous was the double crew talk from the super bass B unit and the A units which is the double chatter you hear. I will have to program them as a TR unit.

JDaddy,

thanks for taking the time to make the video.  That is truly an amazing unit. My desk top was shaking with those horn blasts!

So what are the wins? I felt these were the pluses:

1) Both units are powered

2) Horn(s) and sounds are VERY loud and really nice... 

3) Paint and details are spot on

4) No quality issues- I hope... have not tried the smoke yet

5) Nice super slow speeds with both A units that are perfectly timed together

6) All wheels have flanges, so the truck does not migrate off the head of the rail on O72 radii

7) marker lights are directionally correct

8) The mars lights work but do have a 'different flare' to them

9) Ease of getting things up and running multiple units together. 

Cons:

1)  The B unit is not as free rolling as I thought, even with some mild lubrication on the axels

2) The double crew talk had me miffed

3) Price of the B unit is somewhat very pricey

4) The shells have flag holders but no flags in the box?

5) Why are the front A unit pilots not fixed? 

hokie71 posted:

JDaddy,

thanks for taking the time to make the video.  That is truly an amazing unit. My desk top was shaking with those horn blasts!

I know, right?! No running these after the kids are in bed at night.

Sorry for some of the blurry photos. I am going to have to breakout the 21 inch cars tonight and do them right...

Well like I say …sometimes preordering is a gamble, but this release is a hit... and I would not miss out. 

Way to go Ryan and Dave. 

I may have to scrounge some money together quick like to get the Santa Fe units... 

Can anyone post video/ pictures of theirs?

Surefire posted:

Beauties! They look great.

Let us know if they start forgetting their engine ID, mine are starting to drive me nuts.

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...65#87169261117492165

Thanks for the heads up. I will assign them a new ID tonight and see if I have the same issue too.

J Daddy posted:

The coupling space / gap was not too bad out of the box. But they will need some customizing. 

What I really like is the fully flanged trucks on ALL wheel sets and the pivoting ladder end steps that allow for sharper radii.

Looks like the ladders are different colors on the A & B units?

Well look at that... Looks like I will be pulling out the touch up paint for these tonight. I noticed too, the spacing is different from the head A unit to B unit... and the B unit to trailing A unit. the one in the picture is the worse case gap. Why the difference, is beyond me.

 I’m pretty much a steam guy. Pretty much a freight guy also. But I do like Alco’s. I recently purchased both MTH and 3rdRails recent New Haven PA runs. Both are really nice. I probably would give the nod to the 3rd Rail. 4 pickup rollers versus 2 and all wheels are flanged. The sound is also a bit better and you can easily fix the pilots and add Kadee’s.

 After watching this video. If Lionel offers a New Haven version. I’m in trouble. Those sounds are incredible.

 My recent purchases have been pretty much. All Legacy steamers. The one thing I’d like Lionel to upgrade on. Is their cab figures. Never paid much attention to the figures in the diesels. Looking at the cab photo shot. They  are kind of blah as well to put in a great looking and running engine. Surely at the prices everything is going for. Nicer and a bit of variety in crew figures isn’t going to eat into the profits that much.

J Daddy. Enjoy that new engine. It looks to be a keeper.