Where'd the Veranda and other Acela photos go?
@HustleMuscle400 posted:Where'd the Veranda and other Acela photos go?
They were removed.
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...7#153322190267255787
Well that's a bummer
Looks like a really fun catalog. I find myself more and more attracted to some of the fantasy paint schemes. Just imagine, a 2-10-10-2 locomotive with warbonnet paint scheme!
Gotta love it!
Don
i am more excited for this catalog than last year
If the Halloween 4-6-0 Camelback comes with a great fantasy sound package, I just may order my first Legacy steam engine.
Thanks for the catalog hints...
I am trying to thin out the stable, however I have to order the Frank Swafford SD70ACe B&O for sure, and the SD70ACe Canadian Pacific and the cabeese.
LC+ K4's and RS3's in the O Gauge line. I'll get a K4.
Any modern diesels besides the SD70ACEs?
Bill
Anything Strasburg (scale, not Traditional)?
@scott.smith posted:Did they get Tom Hanks.."All Aboard, this is the Broken Express."
Scott Smith
Scott you seem bitter.
As for the pictures being deleted, at first I thought it was probably the right thing to do but in reality, they'll just get posted somewhere else. Why drive the traffic away unless Lionel has an issue with it being a sponsor but then they would have to try to have the other forums remove them as well. It's not OGR's or the folks posting the pictures fault that the catalogs are on the streets already.
I remember 1 year Lionel did an awesome job of holding a catalog release that wasn't full of leaks. Now it seems there are just too many holes in that dike to keep plugging.
@Mark Boyce posted:Woah!!! I’ll have to read up on that. Thank you Neal!
Lionel announces voice control of trains! | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum (ogaugerr.com)
@Mark Boyce posted:Woah!!! I’ll have to read up on that. Thank you Neal!
It has more to do with the app than the engines themselves since it's compatible with all the previous Bluetooth engines. Seems the app will "Alexify" your voice and send out the appropriate commands.
Man, I wish I could see the Verandas and Acelas in that catalog.
@Keith L posted:
Thank you for the link, Keith! I certainly missed that one. I'm not surprised the announcement received very mixed reviews here on OGR Forum. I did not comment over there to reopen a can of worms. I can see it has value to anyone who wants to embrace it, young or old. It you don't want to use the feature, you don't have to.
@MartyE posted:I suspect it has more to do with the app than the engines themselves since it's compatible with all the previous Bluetooth engines. Seems the app will "Alexify" your command and send out the appropriate commands.
Thank you, Marty. What you said makes sense indeed. It is the app that is communicating with the engine, whether the app takes it's instructions from the touch screen or the mic and voice recognition will be irrelevant to the engine. Referring to the previous topic Keith linked, it doesn't add to the cost of the engine like some would think. I recall when you demonstrated the then new LCS over at Patrick H's house a few years ago. I think a lot of folks are now using it who thought they never would back then.
@Peter Araujo posted:Man, I wish I could see the Verandas and Acelas in that catalog.
I was thinking about a S1 from the previous catalog but since the appearance of the Veranda, that ship will sail without me. Still won't be a pre-order but if it delivers as depicted I'll get one.
Here you go: I just made a YT video about Lionel's Voice Control.
Gary 🚂
@Peter Araujo posted:Man, I wish I could see the Verandas and Acelas in that catalog.
Same here but unfortunately I've no option of getting a printed copy. As far as "previews" from other sources go, I think MartyE hit the nail on the head but I'm not going to bash Lionel for creating a little (very temporary) suspense!
@tom21pa posted:There's a Strasburg camel back i saw and Strasburg SW8 I heard of but not seen
Thanks. Was hoping for the rumored scale steamer that is actually on the Strasburg, e.g. #90 or #475. Had my MTH Premier Strasburg 64' Woodsided passenger cars running under the tree this year and look forward to an appropriate motive power someday.