Nothing jumped out at me so the wallet is safe.
$1,000 for the E-7 AA units with only one powered unit. That is just plain crazy, hopefully there is a lot of room for dealer discounts.
Bill T.
I love the FEF but the price is just ridiculous. I paid less for much nicer locomotives from other manufacturers. Whistle steam is just a novelty, I cant see it from more than 2 feet away. Laid off sick is right, where is the Santa Fe? Lionel has really lost its luster with me. With the Lion Chief starter sets being of the quality they are and them dropping the lowest price scout set their product line has lost its appeal
I'd be embarrassed to submit that 115th Anniversary Boxcar design, whats scary is that it actually won.
Robbie , that would be great if Lionel eventually used the ideas somewhere down the road. I do realize it wasn't an anniversary car per se but it just seems no one out there has any real imagination anymore or worse, they know what the public wants which is boring or cookie cutter and they market down to it. We see it here, not many are excited over the offerings, nothing seems to stand out. Might be because a lot of it is computer drawn and rings flat and unrealistic or that it's against a white or a poorly rendered background but it's rare that a catalog of anyone comes out and you'll say"I gotta get one of those" or "Man that's cool, have to figure out a way to get it.". Maybe we're just jaded and have so much to pick and choose from or have that something really needs to pop to get our attention.
Jerry
I think the catalog is OK. I pre ordered the 9-1-1 SD60-E. I'm not a first responder but like all who serve in the armed forces including my son I have a great deal of respect for all the people who put their life on the line for us everyday. Only being able to pick one I like the paint on the 9-1-1 a little more. I'll probably go for the B&M milk car to.
I am tempted by the Chessie and PRR GP9's.
Nothing jumped out except the Smithsonian car.
My wallet is still in recovery
Jeez you guys need to drink more Kool Aid If you're not lovin' it.
My my favorite thing about catalog days are all the arm chair production folks. I'm still waiting to buy the trains you produce.
Anyone who carps about pricing or a lack of a particular model or road name needs to realize one simple fact.
Lionel has been around a lot longer before you and will be around a lot longer after you.
I like the Union Pacific FEF-3. While FEF tenders were similar to those on Big Boys and Challengers, there are some subtle differences. MTH appears to use the same tender for Big Boys, Challengers and FEF-3s while Lionel has a separate tender body for the FEF that is particularly suited to that locomotive. MTH has used the same tender body design for their Pennsylvania Q2 and J1a locomotives even though the tenders on those locomotives were not identical.
Matt,
I completely disagree with you about the smoking whistle on the FEF. The whistles on the legacy engines I own make them special. Do you think if the Legacy Y3s had a smoking whistle Lionel would be weathering them to move their getting old stock?
JohnB
Whistle steam is here to stay. What once was a cool premium option is now becoming a standard.
Laidoff sick,
Boy did you get out of bed on the wrong side. Lighten up I am sure Lionel will have Santa Fe in the 2016 Vol I catalog in force. They always do.
JohnB
The Legacy Southern Pacific 2-8-0: put the marker lights on the sides of the smoke box, and use a Pyle National visor headlight. So what if these things add a few $. At least it's more correct. http://www.rrpicturearchives.n...ture.aspx?id=2205017.
The PN headlight is on the Berkshires, why not here?
I like how, on page 68 N5/N5B cabooses, Lionel points out "DEFECTS."
Where are the proofreaders?
John Knapp
Erie, not Eerie
Originally Posted by Robbie:
Laid off sick, That's quite an observation indeed: Has Lionel ever put out a catalog with no Santa Fe motive power? I do think it will return though.
Well technically there is Santa-Fe motive power in this catalog. Lionechief plus F units are listed. Maybe not what your looking for.
The only mildly interesting item was the SD38 in EJ&E. I don't recall seeing that road's paint job before?
Art
Agree about the Southern trains--I was hoping for a set of Legacy Southern Crescent E-8s (with roof tanks).
Drifting further away from Lionel with each new catalog. More money, less to offer and fewer engines done prototypically. Not to mention super shiny paint jobs and protruding front couplers.
Originally Posted by david1:
Like the FEF's but at $1699 msrp and the E7's at $1000.00, $650 for a diesel, who are they kidding? My days of Pre ordering is over. Even the street prices are too high IMO.
That is a big Ditto! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ YALZA!
Maybe the SD60e and a Few cars. I am done.
