I just posted a (positive) review of the new Lionel New York Central E8 AA set (#2033360) on the Lionel Products forum. Now for the bad news. I purchased the set online from a very reputable dealer and, as seems to be my luck, right pout of the box there were problems. Basically the two powered units are not working in sync under certain circumstances and the trailing unit starts to slow down on its own, or even stop--cab light comes back on--whole the lead unit is still going at the speed set on the Legacy controller. After a tug of war lasting a few seconds, the pair stops, but the lead unit is spinning its wheels starting to drag its twin along. At first it seemed random, but I learned I can cause it to happen anytime by holding down the whistle. Once the back unit stops, if I just adjust the throttle by one unit it comes back to life and eventually catches up to the lead unit's speed. If run separately, by themselves on the track, both units work perfectly.
A second issue is that there is a constant background static emanating from the sound unit on the lead locomotive.
I'm sending videos separately.
Full disclosure...I sent the unit back to the dealer, whom I trust implicitly, and he replaced it with a new one. The new unit has the exact same problems, BUT....the dealer said he did NOT see those problems when he put the original unit I sent back on his layout. Could this be caused by something on my layout?? I'm running them now on a simple 4 x 8 oval powered by a 180 watt brick through the Legacy system.
