My weekend is starting out fantastic. I got to see my 17th heritage unit come through town. Only 3 more to go!
Who can guess where this picture was taken?
Originally Posted by Dewey Trogdon:
3rd Rail Locomotive from back in the day--N&W Mountain type, the "Water Buffalo". One of my favorites. Needs upgrade to Command Control.
Jeff at JDS LTD did a PS-2 upgrade on mine. It also has a Fat Boy speaker, Proto smoke, Proto coupler, LED lighting and he repaired a broken front step while he was at it. I could not be more pleased.
Originally Posted by ROGERW:
10 MTH-Premier Norfolk Southern Heritage Engines with 33 Intermodal cars and 2 86' NS boxcars.
Great video, Roger. Very awesome power demonstration!
You also well captured the problematic paint job on the 20-20275-1 Savannah & Atlanta Heritage unit. As discussed in older threads, the white stripe is too narrow and the road name is nearly invisible.
It would be great if MTH would reissue the S&A Heritage with the proper width Tuxedo white stripe and visible lettering in gold Dulux. MTH is already reissuing the Pennsylvania Heritage in the 2015 v2 catalog, so the precedent is there. This would finally complete the series with perhaps the most classic of all the Heritage styles done right. Of course, demand drives production. But hope is eternal.
Thanks again.
Bryan
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Hello RidgeRunner, I knew the paint job wasn't right with the Savannah & Atlanta engine. I had already committed to my LHS that I would purchase engine and I didn't want to go back on my word................rogerw
Great video! Why did you decide to put the Southern at the point?
10 MTH-Premier Norfolk Southern Heritage Engines with 33 Intermodal cars and 2 86' NS boxcars.
Hello Panther97, It was for 2 reasons, #1 the Southern is one of my favorite railroads along with Norfolk Southern and Norfolk & Western. #2 The Southern was one of the 1st Premier engines released by MTH when they started shipping the NS Heritage units..........rogerw..
Originally Posted by ROGERW:
Hello RidgeRunner, I knew the paint job wasn't right with the Savannah & Atlanta engine. I had already committed to my LHS that I would purchase engine and I didn't want to go back on my word................rogerw
And lots of kudos and respect to you for that.
I recall your detailed comments in the older threads. I too kept my MTH version for similar reasons and then bought the Lionel from my same dealer so I'd have a better looking version to run. Painful on the wallet, but the right thing to do. Hopefully a certain manufacturer might do the right thing too...
Excellent! I figured that was the case. The Southern comes through town a lot. It's a nice diesel.
Hello Panther97, It was for 2 reasons, #1 the Southern is one of my favorite railroads along with Norfolk Southern and Norfolk & Western. #2 The Southern was one of the 1st Premier engines released by MTH when they started shipping the NS Heritage units..........rogerw..
Hello RidgeRunner, This is the 2nd Southern engine where the paint job was wrong. The 1st engine that had the wrong paint job was MTH-Premier Southern SD-24 engine (PS-2). It was painted in Southern Green (I know that isn't the correct name for color). It was cataloged with the tuxedo scheme and instead MTH painted it green. I spoke to MTH about it and they told me that I could return it to my LHS for my money back or they would send me a correctly painted shell when they re-release the correct painted version. I decided to keep the Southern Green version.
I didn't realize the paint job was incorrect. When I was at TCA this year a vendor had a new MTH Wabash and S&A heritage unit for sale. They were both priced well below the market value. I purchased the Wabash. I'm not sure why it was so cheap. However; my guess on the S&A is that nobody wanted them because of the incorrect paint job.
Originally Posted by ROGERW:
Hello RidgeRunner, I knew the paint job wasn't right with the Savannah & Atlanta engine. I had already committed to my LHS that I would purchase engine and I didn't want to go back on my word................rogerw
And lots of kudos and respect to you for that.
I recall your detailed comments in the older threads. I too kept my MTH version for similar reasons and then bought the Lionel from my same dealer so I'd have a better looking version to run. Painful on the wallet, but the right thing to do. Hopefully a certain manufacturer might do the right thing too...
Hello Panther97, Here is some pictures of the Savannah & Atlanta engine and a Southern SD-70ace which is a fantasy paint scheme. look at how crisp the Southern paint job is compared to the Savannah and Atlanta................rogerw
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Laz, who doesn't like the NS F units in the Tuxedo paint scheme.
It certainly stands out in the picture! Interesting. I hadn't noticed until you posted it. Looking back at the video you all absolutely correct.
Hello Panther97, Here is some pictures of the Savannah & Atlanta engine and a Southern SD-70ace which is a fantasy paint scheme. look at how crisp the Southern paint job is compared to the Savannah and Atlanta................rogerw
Originally Posted by Panther97:
It certainly stands out in the picture! Interesting. I hadn't noticed until you posted it. Looking back at the video you all absolutely correct.
Hello Panther97, Here is some pictures of the Savannah & Atlanta engine and a Southern SD-70ace which is a fantasy paint scheme. look at how crisp the Southern paint job is compared to the Savannah and Atlanta................rogerw
Here's more compare/contrast info.
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...atlanta-stripe-issue
Thought these photos were in order since 611 rides the rails once more....
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Originally Posted by scott.smith:
It's Weekend Photo Fun Time!!
I'll start with engines made by 3rd Rail.
Let's see you pictures.
Scott Smith
Hi Scott! Is that the new trackage on the VMT layout that Bev had mentioned?
Mark Boyce:
You are correct. You need a Lionel 6001T tender for the 6110 engine. The 6110 engine was part of the Scout set that got me involved with this hobby in the first place. My parents gave me that set in 1950 when I was five years old, and I still have it!
Good luck!
John Knapp
Erie, not Eerie
