This has been a banner week as regards new locos: in addition to the bargain Legacy Mohawk and the Lioncheif Plus I just reviewed, I got this lovely little Premier 2-8-0. I needed a mid to late Victorian era scale locomotive for a project I am doing - something a bit smaller than 20th century locos, and this seemed perfect when I ordered it. And it is. In size, it slots in just where I wanted it - it is about halfway between the scale Lincoln Funeral train 4-4-0 and a scale 0-8-0. It looks appropraitely 19th century. It has really good if very delicate looking detail, nice paint, printing, etc. Sound is good - not quite Legacy good maybe, but its chuffs nicely with a very sharp harsh chuffs that sounds somehow very appropriate. It smokes okay - did not really test that but turned it off for now. It runs very well: in conventional, on my ZW-L, it will run a bit slower than in the video below. Pulls nicely. I just love it, and at $629, while not quite the bargain that a $750 Legacy Mohawk might be, it was very fair value for the money.
