SOUTHERN CRESENT LIMITED// VIDEO

Very nice video Alex, I have a friend that has one of these and I agree that they are a real nice runner and the detail is awesome.

Very nice - I am glad you got it.  I think they have become hard to find. 

  Your video looks great. 

 

I ordered one when the catalog first came out and was very happy with the loco when I recieved it.  I did something you will probably thing is sacrilege but I repainted mine in a half flat/half satin black as a Union Pacific loco (you see, I wanted that particuarly Pacific, not necessarily that paint scheme.)  It is a great runner and I really like it and all its features.  

 

 

 

 

Incidently, if you look at the page the Souterhn Crescent is on it is there with the Blue Comet.  Quite interesting, the Blue Comet is not the same casting as the Southern Crescent but about 3/4 inch longer loco - I had assumed that all three (including the Alton) would be the same casting since that is now Lionel usually does it.  Still overall the BC is not that long because it is paired with maybe the smallest tender this side of the slopeback paired with the 0-4-0 shifter. 

Alex,

Outstanding! I love the sounds.  Dang! I may have to go find one.

 

Thanks for posting.

 

Sunrise

Alex, yes it looks great, great sound and it has whistle steam.

doug

I can see why you had to have it. Cool!

Alex,

That's a good looking engine. Looks a lot better than I thought it would. The sounds are awesome as well.

I told you it was in that catalog. Lol! I'm very happy you found one. Especially since you were so disappointed when the dealer didn't have any left. But he came through in the end like he always does.

Enjoy and runs the wheels off it.

Mike R

Ps... Those are the wrong cars. Lol!!! GET DOWN NORTON!!!

That is one of the best sounding whistles I've heard!

Very nice Alex I totally agree that Lionel did an exceptional job on both its detail and especially the sounds~

 

I'll be getting one of those for myself later this week, and just in time to run on my 4-H club's layout for our January fair.

This has me thinking I need to take a walk at lunchtime one of these days down to the Smithsonian American History Museum and stare at the Southern pacific there.  It's been a while.

Nice engine and Video Alex.

Now,

 who put the pic of you and the wife on the pole?  Are you down there that much?

Congratulations on the new Southern Ps-4 Alex. Great looking engine as well as the scenic layout its runing on.

The sounds are great thought I even heard a bark from the exhaust.

So I just might break down and get one after all!

Thanks, Roger, Lee,Sunrise,Doug,Bill,Mike,Jeff,Patrick,Dewey,Sean, for the kind words

roger, the detail is amazing.

Lee, Lets see some photo's of the repaint.

Sunrise, try to fine one it's an awesome engine.

Doug, yes awesome sound.

Bill, it was a must have.

Mike, thanks for finding it for me.

Jeff, I agree one of the best whistles I ever heard.

Mikado 4501, glad you're getting one.

Patrick, That picture has been hanging there before the layout was up, I just about built the whole layout around it. LOL

Dewey,thanks.

Sean, You heard the bark from the exhaust also, Try to get one it's awesome.

 

Thanks to all again, Alex

 

 

I agree that this loco has very impressive detail.  The reason I bought it to repaint is all of that "added on equippment" - the prototype had a lot of pipes/tanks/stuff hung off it everywhere,  which (particualry when repainted simple black and weathered just a tiny bit) gave it a very industrial, workhorse engine look, which I wanted.  Lionel did a superb job with all this, this loco just has as much or more "separately applied parts" as I have seen, all of them very nicely render and put on true and straight.  It is one toy train that fully justifies the word "model."

 

The sound is also good, noticeably, if only a bit, better than on my Blue Comet, which I think is entirely due to the later having such a tiny tender - probably not as much resonance room in that.  And the whistle is one of my favorites, not up there with the MTH French 241.A, but among the best US steam whistles I have. 

 

 

Really nice Alex, I love that whistle steam, Glad you were able to get it.

Alex:

 

Very nice.  Great sound - and that whistle!  Also, gave me a better perspective on the entire layout, which is also an incredible work of art.

 

Enjoy your new engine. 

 

Hope you have time to post another video with the entire consist once those passenger cars arrive.

 

Thanks.

Thanks guys,

 

Lee,  lets see some photo's of the engine

 

Casey, it's an awesome whistle

 

John,  I'll post a video when the new cars arrive

 

Thanks, Alex

Only green engines I like had an Erie diamond or a CNj liberty

Alex,

 

Nice video.  I agree this is a nice engine.  I picked it up at spring York and just received the passenger cars. Looking forward to running them this weekend.

 

 

Hi Ben, you have to love the sound on this engine

 

Chris, thanks very much, lets see some photo's of the whole set.

 

Alex

Alex, I felt the same way about the absence of tender lights on this model so decided to add some to mine. I know these are probably not the prototypical lights but I really like how it turned out. I want to thank fellow forum member Jeff (a.k.a. pennsy484) for his help in sending me some photos of the inside of his Lionel Legacy K-4 tender (similar electronic boards and set up). The photos helped me figure out where to wire the lights into the boards. As stated by others, this is a great locomotive with great sound and a lot of fun to run!  

 

 

Very nice Alex, I wish you many happy years running her.I always thought that the Southern Cresent was one of the most beautiful paint schemes in North Amaerican Steam history.

If you ever get to the Smithsonian in DC they have one on display.

TRK

Nice job with the lights. When are you gonna weather the #1396 for realism with full blown greasy soot and a little touch of SIRT's rust? 

Thanks Mario for the kind words.

 

TRK, that looks awesome, I thank you for posting the photo's. I just saw Jeff at Trainstock he is a great guy. TRK can you tell me how you hooked up the lights and which lights you ordered, I would love to do the same thing.

 

Thanks, Alex

Thank you! I had a lot of fun doing it and am happy with the way it turned out. While I have a lot of appreciation for the talent around here when it comes to creating realism in their train layouts and models, I don't think I'll be weathering any models in the near future.

 

Thanks Alex! I'd be happy to send you a PM with the parts I ordered and how I did it. Again, I couldn't have done it without Jeff's help and his photos.

 

Tim

Thanks Tim can you email it to me, my email is in my profile

 

Thanks very very much, Alex