Lionel Maine Central GP7 shipping from Lionel

The Maine Central 565 has arrived!  Here are some quick shots. The layout was only built up three weeks ago and is a work in progress. This is my second legacy diesel locomotive and i love how they glide down the tracts. I would like to see other New England Road names in this series fort he legacy GP-7s like Boston and Maine and Providence and Worcester

Short video of Maine Central #565. if you look carefully you will also see a  hunter stalked by Bigfoot and two confused Kanamits capturing a moose.

And a T Rex in the last two seconds upward right side in the forest!

@Leroof posted:

And a T Rex in the last two seconds upward right side in the forest!

That’s right!

The crews of 565 and TM-4 discuss the days' operations while Lionel's Nuclear Reactor provides carbon free power to the Lionel Factory

Looks good! Got a Seaboard one coming from Mr. Muffin.

@Lionel2056 posted:

Looks good! Got a Seaboard one coming from Mr. Muffin.

Great!! Lionel did a great job with the Legacy locomotives. You will be very happy with yours. I am looking forward to adding my Legacy locomotive roster.

BTW, Legacy locomotives can be easily run with a LionChief Universal remote. In fact, I had the TM-4 FM demonstrator and the Maine Central GP-7 running simultaneously on the same loop of track with one Universal remote.

I'm excited! I ordered both road numbers, I was told they wouldn't be any where near shipping until June. Well early is good! I got mine from a shop so time will tell.

In the meantime, Thank you MTH!

My MEC GP7  #562 Shipped from Charles RO yesterday and delivered by Fedex today.

@Chrico posted:

My MEC GP7  #562 Shipped from Charles RO yesterday and delivered by Fedex today.

Congratulations! You will really like it. Did it just arrive at Charles Ro from Lionel or did you just order it this past week? I'm asking because I got mine direct from Lionel almost four weeks ago.

Madockawando:

I purchased the 562 from Charles Ro last August on the BTO program.  

Chris

@Chrico posted:

Madockawando:

I purchased the 562 from Charles Ro last August on the BTO program.  

Chris

Interesting, so it looks like the trade off is:

- Order directly from Lionel, you get it early but pay full retail

- Order from your big dealer, you get a lower price but you may wait a few weeks more.

I have the b&m bluebirds from a few years back. I hope they are as cool as these! I actually ordered the Maine Centrals from a small shop in New Hampshire.

@hiker39 posted:

I have the b&m bluebirds from a few years back. I hope they are as cool as these! I actually ordered the Maine Centrals from a small shop in New Hampshire.

Lionel made Boston and Maine Legacy GPs as well? Man I missed so much. What catalog were they in? But yes, the Maine Central is really nice!

I dont actually know. They are only missing the Bluetooth so it was 6 or 7 years ago at least. I bought from a small shop near me.

Lionel's website says 2013. They are long gone. Another Lionel legacy locomotive to add to my ever growing "Want To Buy" list

They also made two power units and a dummy. I have one and the dummy. It seems the made to order stuff is hard to get your hands on. I wish Lionel had made a Maine Central dummy unit this time...maybe someday. We should be great ful it only took them how many years to make a harvest gold and green gp? Atlas and MTH beat them to it years ago.

Smokey birds