Now Comes the E6 from 3rd Rail

I'm in for a AS&SF powered B unit w/Sound (3R) 

That L&N looks terrific. Too many good looking schemes.

Your flyer shows two Southern units - No 2800 Tuxedo and the more 'common' Green Tennessean. I have a No 2800 that I had painted some years ago. Was a Lionel CB&Q

I might spring for a powered Black & white one as mine is a dummy at present.

The Green SR emblem isn't prototypical but I liked the added color...  :-)

Scott - Will your PAs have 'stainless' side panels on some roads (AT&SF/D&H) like the F units that are so nice?

Laidoffsick posted:

Powered B units for 3 Rail. Just like the F7s...powered Bs with sound and no tether. 

Thats has been the biggest complaint for Lionel E unit sets, 1 pwrd, 1 dmmy. Especially with heavy 21" cars, 2 powered units are better than one, and will make those traction tires last longer.

 

I agree. At the last Lionel half price sale, I bought the motors and trucks to power two dummy E6 units. Now I have three sets of Lionel E-6 units, so which one gets left out?

Was the "City of New Orleans" ever pulled by E-6's? I have so many Santa Fe locos ordered from Scott, perhaps it is time to order the Illinois Central E-6's and build the train I have never owned, but would like to. Those passenger cars could be a problem, though.

Eliot, IC had to have used their E6's on the City of New Orleans at some time.  However, I am not aware of their being regularly assigned to that train.  They only had 5 E6A units, and one of those did not last long.  It was wrecked in the 1940's and sent to EMD for repair, returning as an E7.

After the IC had purchased its fleet of E8's and E9's (by the mid-1950's) The E6's and E7's were more commonly seen on the Iowa trains, the Green Diamond, and the Shreveport trains.  However, the IC E6's were well-maintained right to their last day, and made occasional appearances on the New Orleans trains.  

OK, will change the ordering to Powered E6 Bs in 3R. Attending the O Scale West Show. Lightly attended, but the core crew are there. Nice to see the familiar faces. Lots of collection pieces on sale. I brought a few gems as well. Come if you are near Santa Clara.

Scott

RoyBoy posted:

Laidoffsick posted:

Powered B units for 3 Rail. Just like the F7s...powered Bs with sound and no tether. 

Thats has been the biggest complaint for Lionel E unit sets, 1 pwrd, 1 dmmy. Especially with heavy 21" cars, 2 powered units are better than one, and will make those traction tires last longer.

 

I agree. At the last Lionel half price sale, I bought the motors and trucks to power two dummy E6 units. Now I have three sets of Lionel E-6 units, so which one gets left out?

RoyBoy,

Good idea to buy motors and trucks for the dummy units.  Probably a lot cheaper than buying two complete Lionel AA sets (powered + dummy) to get two powered As like I've done.  Still trying to figure out what to do with the dummy AA sets.

Do you run command control?  If so, how did you set up your "new" powered units to run with the factory built powered units?  Probably doable with DCS but I don't see how with Lionel unless you gut all the engines and rebuild with ERR products.

ADDED:  Scott, maybe producing a limited number of power/command upgrade kits for those that want powered B units instead of making all B units powered.  That way those who don't want power (either cost or operation) can get what they want, and those wanting powered units can buy the upgrade kit. 

ecd15 posted:

Matt Makens posted:

 I would like a set of C&NW units but alas no train to pull behind them puts me in a spot

Unfortunately, in this BTO world, when and if a proper C&NW train comes along, will it be too late to obtain the proper motive power?

what cars would be right for this engine?

did it pull the hi level commuter cars?

Below is a close up but partial picture of the E6 demonstrator with some information.  Scroll down a few pictures to get to it.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/19490

Actually the first picture in the link above is the best picture.  When I took a quick glance at it, I thought it was just one of the buildings.  Not sure how 3rd Rail would do the very visible interior...

Thank you John for the link to the demo color photo. Now I can stop searching.

If Scott makes that paint scheme, I will purchase one.

Also hoping the MP version will have the porthole windows on the side and the Milw version will be in the 'as delivered' scheme. This is going to make the choices more complicated, except for my must haves of ACL, FEC, and SAL to pull my passenger trains.

Looks like a real BEAST.    

I hope somebody in our Club gets an A-B set.  I would enjoy watching that combo on the point.    

I am too tapped-out to even consider such a purchase.   

I want a Santa Fe AB, but its too early to commit. I wanna see if the Alco's get a second run. If the timing is right I'll get them hoping for a re run of the 50's Super Chief. There are not that many road names, and I think that's good. More room for accuracy!

Thanks for offering these, Scott! They are definitely on my radar.

If you are offering this as-delivered paint shecme for the MILW, I'd be happy to match the colors from my Key E6 with the Pantone system, the colors on this one are trrrrricky!

Thank you John H. for that link! I'm in it for sure! I placed my reservation!

This one is the 1939 world fair:

I thought I was pretty much finished buying equipment, but Scott keeps tempting me to add more.

Adding powered trucks to dummy units is a great way to go, and have what you wish.  I have done so with PW F3 units that have been repainted for certain roads.  It would be easier to do so with modern can motors and putting in ERR electronics is never a problem.  Having done so, to have two powered A units, and no tether necessary, is very simple and quite effective.  With the "nudge" feature of ERR TMCC units, getting the two A units to run in synch is very easy to perform.

Jesse    TCA   12-68275

Going to order AB set of Missouri Pacific with the correct port hole windows. Time to sell the MTH set with square windows. I like the Rock Island E6 and TA sets but I already have too much on order now. Those will go down to the wire on ordering.

Joe

The picture of the E6 on Third Rail's web site is not very good.  I wonder what engine number choices will be on the Rock Island A units?  I think it would be good if they used #628 and #630 then they could be used to pull K-Line's Golden State set; even better if GGD produced accurate scale length GS cars for the engines

CAPPilot posted:

The picture of the E6 on Third Rail's web site is not very good.  I wonder what engine number choices will be on the Rock Island A units?  I think it would be good if they used #628 and #630 then they could be used to pull K-Line's Golden State set; even better if GGD produced accurate scale length GS cars for the engines

Ron,

If you wouldn't mind, could you send your preferred engine numbers to my email.  It is in my profile.  Then I can catalog it when it comes time for this project to go into design.

Thanks!

Jonathan