Howdy, Hola & Xin Chao! Welcome to Bob's Lionel Trains, Cool Toys & World Travel! Toy Train Operator & Railfan: FEATURING My REAL Travel VIDEOS from SEA, AIR, RAIL & BUS! Hobbies include international travel by air, sea, bus & rail, operating Lionel/Marx O-gauge trains & worldwide culinary cuisine. Now featuring VIDEOS from my WORLD TRAVEL & newest trip to INDONESIA! :-)
Lucky & blessed to travel across the USA on long-distance Amtrak trains: Coast Starlight, Sunset Limited & Zephyr. Travel by train in Mexico, Peru, Germany, Ukraine, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Indonesia & Viet Nam. I have been around the USA & the world on cargo ships, research ships & freighters as a merchant mariner.
About Me: I'm an American & ordained minister/clergy in an independent AngloCatholic church. Married father of 3 young kids. First priority in life is my family. Operating & running Lionel & Marx trains overseas on 220V 50HZ stepped down to 110V 50HZ. WELCOME ABOARD Y'all!
I Wanna Fly The World - Emirates Airlines Song Been on so many airlines I can't even list them all. Qatar Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Several mainland Chinese airlines, Sri Lanka Air, Singapore Air, Nok Air, Air Asia, VietJet Air, EVA Air, Delta, American, United, Frontier, Spirit, Southwest, Continental, Alaska, Hawaii, AeroMexico, Mexicana, LAN, Avianca (Mexico), ANA, Air Canada, KLM, Ukraine International Air, PenAir, AirTrans, EuroWings, Wizz Air (Hungary) and a few more. Have also been ship's crew in the Merchant Marine aboard all types of vessels such as oil tankers, container ships, offshore supply vessels, cruise ships, passenger ferries, research ships, pipe laying barges and more on the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Arab Sea, Red Sea, Java Sea, the Great Lakes, Mississippi and Ohio rivers, U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Bay of Bengal, Suez Canal, Indian Ocean. And I have slept in a number of airports to save money: Seattle, Las Vegas, Tokyo, Minneapolis, San Francisco - all good sleeping airports. And I Hitch-hiked from Seattle to Minnesota. PLACES I HAVE BEEN LIST UPDATED for 2024: 1. USA (47 states including Hawaii and Alaska) 2. GUAM (US Territory) 3. MEXICO (Mexico City, Mexico State, Chiapas, Acapulco, Puebla + ) 4. CANADA (Vancouver) 5. PANAMA (touch n' go) 6. PERU (LIMA, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Puno, Lake Titicaca) 7. SWEDEN (Gothenburg) 8. SPAIN 9. GERMANY (Berlin) 10. UKRAINE (Kyiv & Lviv) 11. JORDAN (Aqaba and Petra) 12. OMAN 13. QATAR 14. KUWAIT 15. UAE (sea port) 16. EGYPT (Suez Canal) 17. INDIA (Chennai, Tamil Nadu) 18 SRI LANKA (Colombo) 19. SINGAPORE (airport & sea port) 20. MALAYSIA (Kuala Lumpur to Butterworth/Georgetown & cross border to Thailand by international through sleeper train to Bangkok) 21. THAILAND (Hua Hin, Bangkok, Chiang Mai all by train, to Cambodia border by bus) 22. CAMBODIA (Phnom Penh & Siem Reap by bus from VN to PP to SR to BKK all overland by bus and van) 23. VIET NAM (MANY provinces & cities. Sai Gon, Ha Noi, Lao Cai, Nha Trang, Con Dao Island, Vinh, Thai Nguyen, Dong Nai, Nam Dinh & more) 24. TAIWAN (Kaohsiung) 25. PHILLIPINES (Manila & Olongapo) 26. SOUTH KOREA (Busan) 27. JAPAN (Tokyo) 28. MYANMAR (Mandalay) 29. INDONESIA (Jakarta) I have been aboard the Amtrak long distance trains mostly West of the Miss. such as the Zephyr, Coast Starlight, and Sunset Limited. Greyhound bus to a lot more cities and states in the USA. I have rode the rails aboard trains in Mexico, Peru, Viet Nam, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Ukraine, Germany and Indonesia where I rode the fastest bullet trains in the world. Went across China to Hainan Island and Back, 36 hours each way. Rode the Reunification Express across Viet Nam from Sai Gon to HaNoi and back again. Took the sleeper train from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia to Bangkok, Thailand. Took the trains in Jakarta and the brand new Whoosh bullet train to Bandung and back. In India I rode the trains around Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Great fun. I rode 2nd class from Kyiv to L'viv Ukraine and got lost on the train in Berlin winding up in the former DDR. I took long-distance sleeper buses all across Mexico. From the US Border to Mexico City and way down to Chiapas. Took buses to many other cities as well as rode the Subway Metro in Mexico City, hundreds, I guess thousands of times. I rode long distance buses in Peru. Took buses in Viet Nam including both local buses, dozens of local bus routes in Saigon and Hanoi. Also took sleeper buses around Viet Nam. Took the bus from Saigon to Phnom Penh, Cambodia and sleeper bus to Siem Reap. Took a mini-bus from Siem Reap to Bangkok. Took buses in many cities I have as well. And I took water taxis and public transport boats in Saigon and Bangkok. Also took the 12 hour ferry boat from Vung Tau, Viet Nam out to Con Dao island. And I took an amazing tour of Lake Titicaca in Peru by boat from Puno after a long distance bus ride from Cusco, where, yes, of course, I took the train to Machu Picchu.
I had just woke up and the coffee didn't have a chance to kick in, yet LOL 🙂 Hope everybody liked it. This is probably my favorite Lionel set that I have with me right now. It's a colorful, realistic looking steamer set from the tail-end of both steam in the USA and the best years of Lionel.
Thank you, Paul! I had just woke up and the coffee didn't have a chance to kick in, yet LOL 🙂 Hope you liked it. This is probably the favorite Lionel set that I have with me right now. It's a colorful, realistic looking steamer set from the tail-end of both steam in the USA and the best years of Lionel.
This is the amazing high speed rail line, brand new & only open since late 2023. China's HSR High Speed Rail network is the largest in the world. And they have the fastest trains in the world now. Yes, the Chinese HSR trains are FASTER than those in Europe including both Germany/France & yes, faster than the much talked about Shinkansen Japanese bullet trains. Whoosh is FASTER! Indonesia literally leap-frogs ahead decades ahead of other countries with this transportation. High Speed Rail is better for the planet, better for people & the best alternative to both road transport and air travel. You get the high speed travel time, and the train is a much better ride than either the bus or plane. AWESOME WAY TO GO - Indonesia~! Whoosh YES!
This is the amazing high speed rail line, brand new & only open since late 2023. China's HSR High Speed Rail network is the largest in the world. And they have the fastest trains in the world now. Yes, the Chinese HSR trains are FASTER than those in Europe including both Germany/France & yes, faster than the much talked about Shinkansen Japanese bullet trains. Whoosh is FASTER! Indonesia literally leap-frogs ahead decades ahead of other countries with this transportation. High Speed Rail is better for the planet, better for people & the best alternative to both road transport and air travel. You get the high speed travel time, and the train is a much better ride than either the bus or plane. AWESOME WAY TO GO - Indonesia~! Whoosh YES!
Midland Freight looks great but its so... plastic 😂😮😂 real MPC! 😂❤ The crane car is like 99% plastic 😂 the 4 wheel caboose all plastic, the engine is a plastic shell docksider body of course 😂😂❤🎉😂😊
Comments about cost of train and profit: Guess what??? It just opened! And ridership is low without service yet to Surabaya. Once extended to the length of the line planned to Surabaya there will be a much larger market for riders. Also, that trip will be reduced from 8 hours down to 3 aboard the Whoosh. While people in North America can only dream about such fast trains, Indonesia has already made this dream a reality with the help of China. Best of luck and blessings~!
End of this year or early next year the second phase of this bullet train project will be continuing. Indonesian railways last decade is so so bad. But nowday has change revolutionary.
Yes, it is amazing to see. China was still using steam locomotives 20 years ago in train service. But today China has the largest network of HSR High Speed Rail in the world and it continues to expand. Before Laos had no railway at all. But now Laos has a modern fast passenger train route connected with China and should be expanded to Thailand. But yes, one can actually take a train now the entire length of Laos. And just a few years ago such a trip was an impossible dream. Indonesia is doing well to develop it's passenger and freight train infrastructure. Both in Jakarta and on Java island but also to other parts of Indonesia as well. It's great for the people of Indonesia and for visitors and tourists as well, of course.
@@LionelPostwarMPC Yes and the surprising the state own company of PT INKA, also growth rapidly, make new Jakarta LRT, the new KRL, and also export coaches and loco to Philippines, Bangladesh, etc. Next in 2026 the medium speed train made locally by PT INKA will be launching.
🎉Da Lat city is the great and best place near HCMC that is Saigon. Overnight bus ride easy trip from TP HCM to TP DaLat even the buses leave right near Pham Ngu Lau & Bui Vien for the foreigners in District-1 its a super easy bus ride.
The Video are incredible. You are wise and smart traveller using the train for your trip. Avoiding the traffic jam and the hectic of Jakarta. And of course exact time depart and arrival. This train made in by local state own company name PT. KAI. All of train class in Indonesia now with AC from the lowest class to the most expensive. In some class with free WiFi on board. Free drinking water in some main station. Enjoy your holidays.
I worked onboard an American flag/crewed oil tanker named after Joe D's hometown. There's an entire Joe D memorabilia display with authentic autographed Joe D sports stuff kept in display cases onboard the oil tanker. Fascinating since it's just in the captain's meeting room - only crew ever get to see it! 🙂
Have you ever tried pulling a Fun-dimensions tender and cars with the steamers? I took a Marx wind-up locomotive that would not move when coupled to a postwar car with metal trucks. I got it to pull a Fun-dimensions tender and three fun-dimensions freight cars.
The metal body would give it more traction, but the plastic body would give the locomotive a lower center of gravity and, at least in theory, allow it to go around curves at a higher speed.
A nice review of the Yard King set from 1981. Except for the caboose, you covered each piece in detail and did a fine job. Your knowledge of MPC is commendable.
I enjoyed your video very much. I am confused about one thing, the Greenberg's Lionel Price Guide classifies it as an NW2 Switcher although I thought all NW2's had three position e-units. Can you shed any light on this?
Hello and thanks for the comment! I enjoy your channel very much as well, thanks for your uploads! Lionel MPC made a number of the NW-2 switchers without 3-position E-units. another example is the 8111 DT&I orange switcher from the 1970s, which I also have and it has a manual reverse unit. Yes, that one is 3-position but controlled by a lever on top of the engine and doesn't cycle at all when power is cut to the track. One can change the direction to Forward-Neutral-Reverse but it's all done by hand, no E-unit at all in it. What's really interesting was the seller thought the E-unit was bad, ordered a new one for the Reading Yard King and put it in - guess what? He did order the correct E-unit for the engine but it's also a 2-Position E-unit as well. So he threw an extra into the box for me, but both of them are the MPC-era 2-position only E-units (bangs head on table) LOL Laugh Out Loud!
Thanks for getting back to me Bob. I found out the difference between the SW-1 and the NW-2 really has more to do with the original prototype locomotives. The SW-1 prototype EMD motor had 600 horsepower while the NW-2 motor had 900 horsepower. Basically the models both look the same.
Yes, it's running decent on the Lionel 3-rail O27 track - these trains don't really "like" the crossovers which are not made for the clockwork trains 🙂
