Wow! I didn't see this one coming at all. Having grown up in the aream this was my local excursion train. I think it is so cool that Lionel is going to make this set, as it is today. The engine and cars show up on all sorts of excursions in the SouthEast Pa area.
Mine is on order! Who else is up for this?
Glenn
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Looks nice; here's the link:
@Gpritch posted:Wow! I didn't see this one coming at all. Having grown up in the aream this was my local excursion train. I think it is so cool that Lionel is going to make this set, as it is today. The engine and cars show up on all sorts of excursions in the SouthEast Pa area.
Mine is on order! Who else is up for this?
Glenn
I'm ordering it. I, too, was very surprised to see it. I bet the rail sounds are totally off. I went through them on a reading loco recently done by Lionel and the dispatch/engineer definitely had new york accents.
Very nice. Are there any other past offerings besides the green railcar I already have?
Count me in. I'm about equidistant between Strasburg and New Hope, but regrettably have overlooked this shortline. Have all the MTH Strasburg 64' Wood passenger cars. Once COVID is past, will put New Hope & Ivy top of my to-do places to visit!
Choice of the GP-30 was easy, but hope Lionel does some eastern PA shortline steam! Strasburg 475 or number 90, etc. (NOT a Camel Back).
@TheRambles posted:I'm ordering it. I, too, was very surprised to see it. I bet the rail sounds are totally off. I went through them on a reading loco recently done by Lionel and the dispatch/engineer definitely had new york accents.
You mean the operator should have had an accent because New Yorkers dont have accents Everybody else does. I really hate when that happens I purchased an MTH Staten Island 44 tonner and the guy had a Boston accent Most other engines sound like the guys from Deliverance
@TheRambles posted:I'm ordering it. I, too, was very surprised to see it. I bet the rail sounds are totally off. I went through them on a reading loco recently done by Lionel and the dispatch/engineer definitely had new york accents.
Good thing Lionel is implementing the LVC and updated RailSounds on this set so you can do the recordings yourself and get a relatively accurate horn this time around.
MTH had the mic feature in DCS for years, so I’m glad Lionel is incorporating it in their system at last.
I think feature wise this set will be fine, but I just hope they’ll do the dark cranberry red paint color justice.
LOL my aunt lives 200 ft from the New Hope station and every time the train horn (or whistle in the old days) sounds, she complains about the train - meanwhile, I love it every time I hear it! I might have to get one of these too!
@Mikado 4501 posted:Good thing Lionel is implementing the LVC and updated RailSounds on this set so you can do the recordings yourself and get a relatively accurate horn this time around.
MTH had the mic feature in DCS for years, so I’m glad Lionel is incorporating it in their system at last.
I think feature wise this set will be fine, but I just hope they’ll do the dark cranberry red paint color justice.
Has it been confirmed whether the voice streaming and recording is included with Legacy locomotives ? Looking at the the new catalog notice only the new starter sets with Bluetooth 5 mention the new voice Streaming and Recording feature. All the Legacy locos have the LVC icon but not the Live Voice Streaming and Recording icon.
It's a very nice looking set. I live in New Hope and hear it when it runs through the crossings. Music to my ears....especially when the steam Baldwin #40 is running.
I forgot. I was able to hit the train show at the firehouse a few times, too.
@ed h posted:Has it been confirmed whether the voice streaming and recording is included with Legacy locomotives ? Looking at the the new catalog notice only the new starter sets with Bluetooth 5 mention the new voice Streaming and Recording feature. All the Legacy locos have the LVC icon but not the Live Voice Streaming and Recording icon.
That is a good point.
Considering all LEGACY engines now have Bluetooth and (with the prices we pay for them) it’s being advertised in the O scale section, you’d think they would have this feature going in with the most up to date Bluetooth software installed.
Think @Dave Olson can chime in here on this?
My wife's medical practice is called "The New Hope Center for Reproductive Medicine". I'll be getting the set as a tribute to her. Besides. It's way cool too!!
Mark
The voice streaming seems only to be in starter sets, not legacy locomotives
Will the passenger cars be the the standard Lionel heavyweights or something else?
@bluelinec4 posted:You mean the operator should have had an accent because New Yorkers dont have accents Everybody else does. I really hate when that happens I purchased an MTH Staten Island 44 tonner and the guy had a Boston accent Most other engines sound like the guys from Deliverance
LOL! Pak da ca in Woosta, as da cop how ta get ta havad yaad!
This is an Orange line train...
Next stop...Malden Centa.
@prr4935 posted:... but hope Lionel does some eastern PA shortline steam! Strasburg 475 or number 90, etc. (NOT a Camel Back).
Lionel measured 90's dimensions a few years back, implying that it is on their to-do list. Given that Strasburg is by far the well-known between the two short lines, I was surprised that Lionel did a New Hope set before Strasburg 90.
If you don't like Strasburg camel back
@tom21pa posted:
If you don't like Strasburg camel back
I saw this a few months back. While Strasburg own's the engine, I've only ever seen the real 972 in pieces. Just having the Strasburg name on an engine isn't enough to make me spend the money on it. I would choose the 8618 in the 2021 catalog over this engine, but would still rather save the money for something higher on my "wish-list".
That being said, I appreciate that Nicholas Smith has had custom run Strasburg products (from both Lionel and MTH) pretty consistently over the past 10+ years.
@Tuscan Jim posted:Looks nice; here's the link:
I spent my youth in the area, rode it many times in the early 1970s. I want to say late '60s, but I'm not sure (though I did see PP&M at Lambertville in '67). However I can tell you beyond a doubt... that ain't it. No steam and too many coaches.
Tom Stoltz
in Maine -- now
@dorfj2 posted:
Well, I stand corrected... it's been a while, but what fun is this compared with the little 2-8-0 and 2 cars?
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
With so many classic color schemes that were worn by Fallen Flag railroads all across the U.S., I don't understand why some regional, short line, and tourist roads have to choose funky colors to paint their Diesel locomotives? Some of them appear to be copied from the pages of some kid's coloring book where he or she went wild while trying out every color found in the 96 count box of Crayola (Reg.U.S.Pat.Off.) crayons.
Thank goodness the Strasberg Rail Road (and a host of others, including the NH&I) got it right from the Get Go!
Item: Union Pacific's tribute to The Katy on their heritage locomotive is completely out to lunch and the stale sandwich scheme proves it! On the other hand, UP should get an A+ for the Mopac scheme, Eagle and all. Fantastic!
@Gpritch posted:Will the passenger cars be the the standard Lionel heavyweights or something else?
The New Hope passenger cars are the new scale Reading cars, not the heavyweights.
@Bill Henning posted:The New Hope passenger cars are the new scale Reading cars, not the heavyweights.
How close to Reading are they?
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
Pre-ordered the set from Henning's.
Mark
@Tom Stoltz posted:How close to Reading are they?
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
We should find out soon, as I hear the Reading ones are starting to arrive. I'm just waiting to hear from my dealer.
@CarGuyZM10 posted:We should find out soon, as I hear the Reading ones are starting to arrive. I'm just waiting to hear from my dealer.
These the ones? READING 18" PASSENGER CAR 2-PACK 3
@TheRambles posted:These the ones? READING 18" PASSENGER CAR 2-PACK 3
sort of... guess one can add the signature battery boxes,
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
@TheRambles posted:I'm ordering it. I, too, was very surprised to see it. I bet the rail sounds are totally off.
I'd be far more concerned about the color. Lionels reds have been all over the place for at least the last 2 or 3 years. It well take an absolute miracle to get this one right. That yellow pinstripe will be a challenge too.
@Tom Stoltz posted:How close to Reading are they?
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
We’ll know once they actually come out. Hopefully fairly accurate.
@RickO posted:I'd be far more concerned about the color. Lionels reds have been all over the place for at least the last 2 or 3 years. It well take an absolute miracle to get this one right. That yellow pinstripe will be a challenge too.
Just look at the Boston & Maine set they just did.....locomotive didn't match passenger cars at all.
I'm in for this set, have rode this train several times. My avatar photo has the 2198 GP-30 in the background.
The New Hope & Ivyland set is on the top of my preorder list too. I have ridden on the prototype many a time as well as just visiting. Hopefully when Lionel reruns their consolidations they will include a # 40 as a option (engine only) @dave olson
I would be in for the #40 if they do it.
JohnB
I'd love to order this set, but I have some 031 curves on my main run. I think that would work for the engine, but not the cars. 😥😥
This nice GP30 is equally impressive either long or short hood forward:
Many enjoyable hours were spent at the New Hope train station with my grandchildren when we lived in Washington Crossing PA! After watching the train leave the station, we sometimes walked down the street to Dunkin Donuts for a treat and by the time we finished and walked back up the hill to the station, we heard the horn off in the distance and waited for the train to return from it's trip through beautiful Bucks County! The train would return with the locomotive in front but backwards (i.e. long hood forward) as they had no way to turn it around. Same procedure when steam engine #40 was running. What an almost alive little beast that engine is, maybe as others stated above, Lionel may decorate a future locomotive like this:
This will be my first ever pre order.
@Tom Stoltz posted:sort of... guess one can add the signature battery boxes,
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
Does anyone know if 18" is the correct scale length for these cars?
@Paul Finn posted:Does anyone know if 18" is the correct scale length for these cars?
In 0 gauge -- I doubt it. 18" in 0 gauge is 72 ft, I think the O-B coaches are 80+ ft.
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
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