does anyone have a new lionel centipede yet, and what do you think of it?
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I saw it on the test track at Wild Bill's and was extremely impressed. I am not a rivet counter, but to me, it looks great. Being all die cast, it is a brick and when you start it up, the sounds are awesome. I think each engine is 23" long, I liked the coulplers because they did not stick out much beyond the engine pilot, making for close coupling. Each engine has two smoke units and the cooling fans spin when they start to move. The ones I saw where the green ones. If I were to have one beef, it was the lack of the train phone on the roof lacking on the dummy. But not sure if all where equipped with these in real life...
Marty
If I were to have one beef, it was the lack of the train phone on the roof lacking on the dummy.
Centipedes were semi-permanently coupled. One unit had train phone antennas and the other did not.
Fred
Thanks! I'm looking forward to receiving mine. It may arrive this afternoon!
Been running mine on the floor on fastrack all weekend. Very fun to run and great sounds. I got the PRR 5 stripe.
Admittedly it looks funny going around the fastrack 0-84". I need some wider curves!
